#5D278B#5D278B

#5D278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.159 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D278B
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 43.47, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 63.10, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0908 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.159 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8989, 5.6423, 24.9887)
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

#5D278B #558B27

analogous

#2B278B #5D278B #8B2787

triadic

#5D278B #8B5D27 #278B5D

tetradic

#5D278B #8B2B27 #558B27 #27878B

square

#5D278B #8B2B27 #558B27 #27878B

split-complementary

#5D278B #878B27 #278B2B

monochromatic

#1D0C2B #3D1A5B #5D278B #7D34BB #9B5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#5D278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5D278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D278B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D278B	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)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.159 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66ae',
    500: '#5d278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d278b;
$custom-light: #8f66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4028,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D278B

secondary

#83B658

accent

#DF488E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D278B

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

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