#5D3495#5D3495

#5D3495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.152 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3495
RGB	rgb(93, 52, 149)
HSL	hsl(265, 48%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 39.28, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 61.03, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.0746 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.152 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1657, 6.9529, 29.1817)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3495 #6C9534

analogous

#343B95 #5D3495 #8E3495

triadic

#5D3495 #955D34 #34955D

tetradic

#5D3495 #95343B #6C9534 #34958E

square

#5D3495 #95343B #6C9534 #34958E

split-complementary

#5D3495 #958E34 #3B9534

monochromatic

#24143A #412468 #5D3495 #7A47BF #9B75CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#5D3495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5D3495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3495

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3495	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 52, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.152 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6eb5',
    500: '#5d3495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3495;
$custom-light: #8f6eb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 48.259,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4282,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3495

secondary

#98B76E

accent

#D8509E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3495

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

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