#5D279D#5D279D

#5D279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.178 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D279D
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 48.00, -54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 72.58, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.0872 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.178 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3240, 6.2124, 32.4943)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D279D #679D27

analogous

#272C9D #5D279D #98279D

triadic

#5D279D #9D5D27 #279D5D

tetradic

#5D279D #9D272C #679D27 #279D98

square

#5D279D #9D272C #679D27 #279D98

split-complementary

#5D279D #9D9827 #2C9D27

monochromatic

#230F3B #401B6C #5D279D #7A35CD #9A66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#5D279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5D279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D279D

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D279D	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.178 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167bb',
    500: '#5d279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d279d;
$custom-light: #9167bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41762,
    "c": 0.17833,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D279D

secondary

#94BF61

accent

#E3449B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D279D

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

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