#5D37A3#5D37A3

#5D37A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.165 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D37A3
RGB	rgb(93, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.36, 41.45, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.36, 66.90, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.0697 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.165 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4895, 7.7036, 35.4721)
Luminance	0.0770 (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

#5D37A3 #7DA337

analogous

#3747A3 #5D37A3 #9337A3

triadic

#5D37A3 #A35D37 #37A35D

tetradic

#5D37A3 #A33747 #7DA337 #37A393

square

#5D37A3 #A33747 #7DA337 #37A393

split-complementary

#5D37A3 #A39337 #47A337

monochromatic

#291847 #432875 #5D37A3 #7B52C5 #9E80D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#5D37A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5D37A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D37A3

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D37A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D37A3	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d37a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.165 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9170bf',
    500: '#5d37a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d37a3;
$custom-light: #9170bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d37a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44348,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D37A3

secondary

#A5BE78

accent

#D94FA8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D37A3

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

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