#5D3799#5D3799

#5D3799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.153 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3799
RGB	rgb(93, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 38.69, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 61.40, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.0707 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.153 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6287, 7.3593, 30.9386)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3799 #739937

analogous

#374299 #5D3799 #8E3799

triadic

#5D3799 #995D37 #37995D

tetradic

#5D3799 #993742 #739937 #37998E

square

#5D3799 #993742 #739937 #37998E

split-complementary

#5D3799 #998E37 #429937

monochromatic

#26173F #42276C #5D3799 #7A4EBF #9C7BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#5D3799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5D3799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3799

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3799	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.153 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70b8',
    500: '#5d3799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3799;
$custom-light: #8f70b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.265,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43572,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3799

secondary

#9EB973

accent

#D751A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3799

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

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