#5D278C#5D278C

#5D278C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.160 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D278C
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 43.72, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 63.63, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0906 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.16 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9723, 5.6717, 25.3752)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D278C #568C27

analogous

#2A278C #5D278C #8C2789

triadic

#5D278C #8C5D27 #278C5D

tetradic

#5D278C #8C2A27 #568C27 #27898C

square

#5D278C #8C2A27 #568C27 #27898C

split-complementary

#5D278C #898C27 #278C2A

monochromatic

#1D0C2C #3D1A5C #5D278C #7D34BC #9B5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#5D278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5D278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D278C

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D278C	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.160 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66ae',
    500: '#5d278c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d278c;
$custom-light: #8f66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40359,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D278C

secondary

#84B758

accent

#E0488F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D278C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →