#5D3497#5D3497

#5D3497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.155 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3497
RGB	rgb(93, 52, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 65.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 39.82, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 62.13, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.0744 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.155 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3267, 7.0174, 30.0299)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3497 #6E9734

analogous

#343D97 #5D3497 #8E3497

triadic

#5D3497 #975D34 #34975D

tetradic

#5D3497 #97343D #6E9734 #34978E

square

#5D3497 #97343D #6E9734 #34978E

split-complementary

#5D3497 #978E34 #3D9734

monochromatic

#25153C #412469 #5D3497 #7A48C0 #9B76D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#5D3497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5D3497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3497

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3497	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 52, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.155 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6eb6',
    500: '#5d3497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3497;
$custom-light: #8f6eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 48.768,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42972,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3497

secondary

#9AB86F

accent

#D84FA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3497

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

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