#5D398E#5D398E

#5D398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.136 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D398E
RGB	rgb(93, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 34.54, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 53.99, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.0687 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.136 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8586, 7.2063, 26.4048)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D398E #6A8E39

analogous

#393F8E #5D398E #88398E

triadic

#5D398E #8E5D39 #398E5D

tetradic

#5D398E #8E393F #6A8E39 #398E88

square

#5D398E #8E393F #6A8E39 #398E88

split-complementary

#5D398E #8E8839 #3F8E39

monochromatic

#241637 #402762 #5D398E #7A4DB7 #9B78C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#5D398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5D398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D398E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D398E	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.136 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e71b0',
    500: '#5d398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d398e;
$custom-light: #8e71b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4308,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D398E

secondary

#96B271

accent

#D2559D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D398E

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

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