#5D238F#5D238F

#5D238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.168 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D238F
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.15, 46.32, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.15, 67.26, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0942 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.168 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0720, 5.5124, 26.5147)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D238F #558F23

analogous

#27238F #5D238F #8F238B

triadic

#5D238F #8F5D23 #238F5D

tetradic

#5D238F #8F2723 #558F23 #238B8F

square

#5D238F #8F2723 #558F23 #238B8F

split-complementary

#5D238F #8B8F23 #238F27

monochromatic

#1D0B2D #3D175E #5D238F #7D2FC0 #9B57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#5D238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5D238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D238F

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D238F	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.168 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b1',
    500: '#5d238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d238f;
$custom-light: #9064b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40135,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D238F

secondary

#83BA54

accent

#E4448E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D238F

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

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