#5D2491#5D2491

#5D2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.169 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2491
RGB	rgb(93, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 46.36, -49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 67.81, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0928 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.169 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2547, 5.6332, 27.3297)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2491 #589124

analogous

#262491 #5D2491 #91248E

triadic

#5D2491 #915D24 #24915D

tetradic

#5D2491 #912624 #589124 #248E91

square

#5D2491 #912624 #589124 #248E91

split-complementary

#5D2491 #8E9124 #249126

monochromatic

#1E0C2F #3E1860 #5D2491 #7C30C2 #9B59D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#5D2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5D2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2491

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2491	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.169 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b2',
    500: '#5d2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2491;
$custom-light: #9065b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.376,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40412,
    "c": 0.16876,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2491

secondary

#86BA56

accent

#E34490

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2491

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

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