#5D238D#5D238D

#5D238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.166 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D238D
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.99, 45.83, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.99, 66.22, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0946 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.166 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9219, 5.4524, 25.7238)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D238D #538D23

analogous

#28238D #5D238D #8D2388

triadic

#5D238D #8D5D23 #238D5D

tetradic

#5D238D #8D2823 #538D23 #23888D

square

#5D238D #8D2823 #538D23 #23888D

split-complementary

#5D238D #888D23 #238D28

monochromatic

#1C0B2B #3D175C #5D238D #7D2FBE #9B55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#5D238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5D238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D238D

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D238D	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.166 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064af',
    500: '#5d238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d238d;
$custom-light: #9064af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39971,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D238D

secondary

#81B953

accent

#E3448C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D238D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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