#5D268D#5D268D

#5D268D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.162 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D268D
RGB	rgb(93, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 44.44, -47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 64.69, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0915 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.162 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0139, 5.6365, 25.7545)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D268D #568D26

analogous

#2A268D #5D268D #8D2689

triadic

#5D268D #8D5D26 #268D5D

tetradic

#5D268D #8D2A26 #568D26 #26898D

square

#5D268D #8D2A26 #568D26 #26898D

split-complementary

#5D268D #898D26 #268D2A

monochromatic

#1D0C2D #3D195D #5D268D #7D33BD #9B5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#5D268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5D268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D268D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D268D	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)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.162 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65af',
    500: '#5d268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d268d;
$custom-light: #8f65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40318,
    "c": 0.16201,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D268D

secondary

#84B857

accent

#E1478F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D268D

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

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