#5D2397#5D2397

#5D2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.176 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2397
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 48.29, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 71.42, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0923 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.176 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6998, 5.7635, 29.8209)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2397 #5D9723

analogous

#232397 #5D2397 #972397

triadic

#5D2397 #975D23 #23975D

tetradic

#5D2397 #972323 #5D9723 #239797

square

#5D2397 #972323 #5D9723 #239797

split-complementary

#5D2397 #979723 #239723

monochromatic

#200C34 #3E1765 #5D2397 #7C2FC9 #9A5BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#5D2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5D2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2397

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2397	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.176 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b6',
    500: '#5d2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2397;
$custom-light: #9164b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40806,
    "c": 0.1763,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2397

secondary

#8BBE58

accent

#E54294

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2397

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

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