#5D3196#5D3196

#5D3196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.158 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3196
RGB	rgb(93, 49, 150)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 67.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 41.18, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 63.37, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.078 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.158 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1162, 6.7257, 29.5608)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3196 #6A9631

analogous

#313796 #5D3196 #903196

triadic

#5D3196 #965D31 #31965D

tetradic

#5D3196 #963137 #6A9631 #319690

square

#5D3196 #963137 #6A9631 #319690

split-complementary

#5D3196 #969031 #379631

monochromatic

#24133A #402268 #5D3196 #7A43C1 #9B71D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#5D3196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5D3196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3196

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3196	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 49, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.158 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906cb6',
    500: '#5d3196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3196;
$custom-light: #906cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.139,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42464,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3196

secondary

#96B86A

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3196

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

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