#5D3399#5D3399

#5D3399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.159 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3399
RGB	rgb(93, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 40.90, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 63.82, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0754 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.159 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4463, 6.9946, 30.8778)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3399 #6F9933

analogous

#333C99 #5D3399 #903399

triadic

#5D3399 #995D33 #33995D

tetradic

#5D3399 #99333C #6F9933 #339990

square

#5D3399 #99333C #6F9933 #339990

split-complementary

#5D3399 #999033 #3C9933

monochromatic

#25143D #41246B #5D3399 #7A47C2 #9B75D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#5D3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5D3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3399

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3399	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.159 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906db8',
    500: '#5d3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3399;
$custom-light: #906db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42982,
    "c": 0.15866,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3399

secondary

#9BB96E

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3399

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

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