#5D2496#5D2496

#5D2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.174 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2496
RGB	rgb(93, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 47.60, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 70.42, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.0916 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.174 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6488, 5.7909, 29.4050)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2496 #5D9624

analogous

#242496 #5D2496 #962496

triadic

#5D2496 #965D24 #24965D

tetradic

#5D2496 #962424 #5D9624 #249696

square

#5D2496 #962424 #5D9624 #249696

split-complementary

#5D2496 #969624 #249624

monochromatic

#200C33 #3E1865 #5D2496 #7C30C7 #9A5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#5D2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5D2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2496

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2496	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.174 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b6',
    500: '#5d2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2496;
$custom-light: #9065b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4083,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2496

secondary

#8BBD59

accent

#E44394

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2496

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

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