#5D3496#5D3496

#5D3496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.154 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3496
RGB	rgb(93, 52, 150)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 65.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 39.55, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 61.58, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.0745 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.154 299)
XYZ	xyz(11.2458, 6.9850, 29.6040)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3496 #6D9634

analogous

#343C96 #5D3496 #8E3496

triadic

#5D3496 #965D34 #34965D

tetradic

#5D3496 #96343C #6D9634 #34968E

square

#5D3496 #96343C #6D9634 #34968E

split-complementary

#5D3496 #968E34 #3C9634

monochromatic

#25143B #412469 #5D3496 #7A48BF #9B75CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#5D3496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5D3496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3496

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3496	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 52, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.154 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6eb6',
    500: '#5d3496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3496;
$custom-light: #8f6eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42896,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.06985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3496

secondary

#99B86E

accent

#D8509F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3496

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

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