#5D338E#5D338E

#5D338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.145 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D338E
RGB	rgb(93, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 37.97, -43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 57.78, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0763 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.145 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5794, 6.6478, 26.3117)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D338E #648E33

analogous

#33378E #5D338E #8A338E

triadic

#5D338E #8E5D33 #338E5D

tetradic

#5D338E #8E3337 #648E33 #338E8A

square

#5D338E #8E3337 #648E33 #338E8A

split-complementary

#5D338E #8E8A33 #378E33

monochromatic

#221334 #402361 #5D338E #7A43BB #9A70CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#5D338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5D338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D338E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D338E	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.145 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6db0',
    500: '#5d338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d338e;
$custom-light: #8f6db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42147,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D338E

secondary

#91B469

accent

#D75199

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D338E

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

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