#5D279B#5D279B

#5D279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.176 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D279B
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 47.49, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 71.54, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0877 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.176 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1546, 6.1446, 31.6023)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D279B #659B27

analogous

#272B9B #5D279B #97279B

triadic

#5D279B #9B5D27 #279B5D

tetradic

#5D279B #9B272B #659B27 #279B97

square

#5D279B #9B272B #659B27 #279B97

split-complementary

#5D279B #9B9727 #2B9B27

monochromatic

#220E39 #401B6A #5D279B #7A33CC #9A64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#5D279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5D279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D279B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D279B	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.176 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167b9',
    500: '#5d279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d279b;
$custom-light: #9167b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.931,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41591,
    "c": 0.17615,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D279B

secondary

#92BE60

accent

#E34599

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D279B

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

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