#5D3490#5D3490

#5D3490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.146 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3490
RGB	rgb(93, 52, 144)
HSL	hsl(267, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 37.94, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 58.27, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.075 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.146 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7750, 6.7967, 27.1244)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 9.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3490 #679034

analogous

#343990 #5D3490 #8B3490

triadic

#5D3490 #905D34 #34905D

tetradic

#5D3490 #903439 #679034 #34908B

square

#5D3490 #903439 #679034 #34908B

split-complementary

#5D3490 #908B34 #399034

monochromatic

#231436 #402463 #5D3490 #7A45BC #9A72CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#5D3490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5D3490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3490

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3490	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12498E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 52, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.146 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6eb1',
    500: '#5d3490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3490;
$custom-light: #8f6eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42445,
    "c": 0.14626,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3490

secondary

#94B46B

accent

#D7519B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3490

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

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