#5D255E#5D255E

#5D255E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.113 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D255E
RGB	rgb(93, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(299, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 34.22, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 40.91, 326.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0948 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.113 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1960, 4.4589, 11.0691)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D255E #265E25

analogous

#40255E #5D255E #5E2542

triadic

#5D255E #5E5D25 #255E5D

tetradic

#5D255E #5E4025 #265E25 #25425E

square

#5D255E #5E4025 #265E25 #25425E

split-complementary

#5D255E #425E25 #255E40

monochromatic

#160916 #321432 #5D255E #88368A #B448B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#5D255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5D255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D255E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D255E	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#602C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.113 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d638c',
    500: '#5d255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d255e;
$custom-light: #8d638c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.947,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.369,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D255E

secondary

#4F914D

accent

#D35557

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050C

muted

#7D7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D255E

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