#5D3395#5D3395

#5D3395 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.154 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3395
RGB	rgb(93, 51, 149)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 39.83, -47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 61.63, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.0758 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.154 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1215, 6.8646, 29.1670)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3395 #6B9533

analogous

#333A95 #5D3395 #8E3395

triadic

#5D3395 #955D33 #33955D

tetradic

#5D3395 #95333A #6B9533 #33958E

square

#5D3395 #95333A #6B9533 #33958E

split-complementary

#5D3395 #958E33 #3A9533

monochromatic

#24143A #412367 #5D3395 #7A46C0 #9B73CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#5D3395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5D3395 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3395

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3395	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 51, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.154 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6db5',
    500: '#5d3395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3395;
$custom-light: #8f6db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 49,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42673,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3395

secondary

#97B76C

accent

#D94F9E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3395

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

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