#5D277D#5D277D

#5D277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.143 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D277D
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.46, 40.07, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.46, 55.67, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0925 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.143 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9407, 5.2591, 19.9422)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D277D #477D27

analogous

#32277D #5D277D #7D2772

triadic

#5D277D #7D5D27 #277D5D

tetradic

#5D277D #7D3227 #477D27 #27727D

square

#5D277D #7D3227 #477D27 #27727D

split-complementary

#5D277D #727D27 #277D32

monochromatic

#180A20 #3A184E #5D277D #8036AC #9E55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#5D277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5D277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D277D

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D277D	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.143 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65a3',
    500: '#5d277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d277d;
$custom-light: #8e65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39216,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D277D

secondary

#74AF51

accent

#DC4C81

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D277D

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

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