#5D3B8A#5D3B8A

#5D3B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.128 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3B8A
RGB	rgb(93, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 32.29, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 50.42, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.0659 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.128 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6645, 7.2900, 24.8851)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3B8A #688A3B

analogous

#3B408A #5D3B8A #843B8A

triadic

#5D3B8A #8A5D3B #3B8A5D

tetradic

#5D3B8A #8A3B40 #688A3B #3B8A84

square

#5D3B8A #8A3B40 #688A3B #3B8A84

split-complementary

#5D3B8A #8A843B #408A3B

monochromatic

#231634 #40295F #5D3B8A #7A4FB4 #9A79C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#5D3B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#5D3B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3B8A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3B8A	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#274C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.128 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e72ad',
    500: '#5d3b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3b8a;
$custom-light: #8e72ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.823,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43133,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3B8A

secondary

#95AF71

accent

#D0589C

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3B8A

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

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