#5D2596#5D2596

#5D2596 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.173 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D2596
RGB	rgb(93, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 47.15, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 69.93, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0907 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.173 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6795, 5.8522, 29.4152)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D2596 #5E9625

analogous

#252596 #5D2596 #962596

triadic

#5D2596 #965D25 #25965D

tetradic

#5D2596 #962525 #5E9625 #259696

square

#5D2596 #962525 #5E9625 #259696

split-complementary

#5D2596 #969625 #259625

monochromatic

#200D34 #3F1965 #5D2596 #7B31C7 #9A5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5D2596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5D2596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D2596

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D2596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D2596	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d2596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.173 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b6',
    500: '#5d2596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d2596;
$custom-light: #9065b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d2596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.735,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40942,
    "c": 0.173,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D2596

secondary

#8CBC5B

accent

#E44495

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D2596

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

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