#5D278D#5D278D

#5D278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.161 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D278D
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 43.97, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 64.16, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0904 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.161 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0463, 5.7013, 25.7653)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D278D #578D27

analogous

#2A278D #5D278D #8D278A

triadic

#5D278D #8D5D27 #278D5D

tetradic

#5D278D #8D2A27 #578D27 #278A8D

square

#5D278D #8D2A27 #578D27 #278A8D

split-complementary

#5D278D #8A8D27 #278D2A

monochromatic

#1E0C2D #3D1A5D #5D278D #7D34BD #9B5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#5D278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5D278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D278D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D278D	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.161 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66af',
    500: '#5d278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d278d;
$custom-light: #8f66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40439,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D278D

secondary

#85B759

accent

#E0488F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D278D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →