#5D279E#5D279E

#5D279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.179 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D279E
RGB	rgb(93, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.03, 48.26, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.03, 73.11, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.087 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.179 299)
XYZ	xyz(11.4097, 6.2467, 32.9457)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D279E #689E27

analogous

#272C9E #5D279E #98279E

triadic

#5D279E #9E5D27 #279E5D

tetradic

#5D279E #9E272C #689E27 #279E98

square

#5D279E #9E272C #689E27 #279E98

split-complementary

#5D279E #9E9827 #2C9E27

monochromatic

#230F3C #401B6D #5D279E #7A35CD #9A66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#5D279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5D279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D279E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D279E	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.179 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167bc',
    500: '#5d279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d279e;
$custom-light: #9167bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.227,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41847,
    "c": 0.17943,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.06247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D279E

secondary

#95BF62

accent

#E4449B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D279E

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

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