#5D2391#5D2391

#5D2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.170 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2391
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 46.81, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 68.31, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0937 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.17 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2249, 5.5736, 27.3197)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2391 #579123

analogous

#262391 #5D2391 #91238E

triadic

#5D2391 #915D23 #23915D

tetradic

#5D2391 #912623 #579123 #238E91

square

#5D2391 #912623 #579123 #238E91

split-complementary

#5D2391 #8E9123 #239126

monochromatic

#1E0B2E #3D1760 #5D2391 #7D2FC2 #9B58D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#5D2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5D2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2391

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2391	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.170 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b2',
    500: '#5d2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2391;
$custom-light: #9064b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40301,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2391

secondary

#85BB55

accent

#E44490

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2391

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

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