#5D3389#5D3389

#5D3389 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.139 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3389
RGB	rgb(93, 51, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 36.66, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 55.02, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0766 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.139 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2124, 6.5010, 24.3789)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3389 #5F8933

analogous

#333489 #5D3389 #883389

triadic

#5D3389 #895D33 #33895D

tetradic

#5D3389 #893334 #5F8933 #338988

square

#5D3389 #893334 #5F8933 #338988

split-complementary

#5D3389 #898833 #348933

monochromatic

#201230 #3F225C #5D3389 #7B44B6 #9A6EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#5D3389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5D3389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3389

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3389	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01478C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 51, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.139 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6dac',
    500: '#5d3389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3389;
$custom-light: #8e6dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 45.745,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41783,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3389

secondary

#8DB167

accent

#D55295

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3389

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

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