#5D3199#5D3199

#5D3199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.161 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3199
RGB	rgb(93, 49, 153)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 68%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 41.98, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 65.00, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0776 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.161 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3608, 6.8235, 30.8493)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3199 #6D9931

analogous

#313999 #5D3199 #913199

triadic

#5D3199 #995D31 #31995D

tetradic

#5D3199 #993139 #6D9931 #319991

square

#5D3199 #993139 #6D9931 #319991

split-complementary

#5D3199 #999131 #399931

monochromatic

#25133C #41226B #5D3199 #7A44C3 #9B72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#5D3199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5D3199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3199

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3199	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 49, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.161 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906cb8',
    500: '#5d3199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3199;
$custom-light: #906cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.427,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3199

secondary

#99BA6C

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3199

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

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