#5D3C8A#5D3C8A

#5D3C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.126 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D3C8A
RGB	rgb(93, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 31.69, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 49.76, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.0646 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.126 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7164, 7.3938, 24.9024)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D3C8A #698A3C

analogous

#3C428A #5D3C8A #843C8A

triadic

#5D3C8A #8A5D3C #3C8A5D

tetradic

#5D3C8A #8A3C42 #698A3C #3C8A84

square

#5D3C8A #8A3C42 #698A3C #3C8A84

split-complementary

#5D3C8A #8A843C #428A3C

monochromatic

#241735 #40295F #5D3C8A #7A50B3 #9A7BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#5D3C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#5D3C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D3C8A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D3C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D3C8A	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#284C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d3c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.126 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e73ad',
    500: '#5d3c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d3c8a;
$custom-light: #8e73ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d3c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43301,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D3C8A

secondary

#96AF73

accent

#CF599D

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D3C8A

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

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