#5D278E#5D278E

#5D278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.162 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D278E
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 44.22, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 64.69, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0903 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.162 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1211, 5.7312, 26.1590)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D278E #588E27

analogous

#29278E #5D278E #8E278B

triadic

#5D278E #8E5D27 #278E5D

tetradic

#5D278E #8E2927 #588E27 #278B8E

square

#5D278E #8E2927 #588E27 #278B8E

split-complementary

#5D278E #8B8E27 #278E29

monochromatic

#1E0D2E #3E1A5E #5D278E #7C34BE #9B5DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5D278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5D278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D278E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D278E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.162 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b0',
    500: '#5d278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d278e;
$custom-light: #8f66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40519,
    "c": 0.16185,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D278E

secondary

#86B859

accent

#E04890

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D278E

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

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