#5D408B#5D408B

#5D408B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.121 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D408B
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(263, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 54%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 29.55, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 47.65, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.0591 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.121 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0067, 7.8579, 25.3579)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D408B #6E8B40

analogous

#40488B #5D408B #83408B

triadic

#5D408B #8B5D40 #408B5D

tetradic

#5D408B #8B4048 #6E8B40 #408B83

square

#5D408B #8B4048 #6E8B40 #408B83

split-complementary

#5D408B #8B8340 #488B40

monochromatic

#251937 #412D61 #5D408B #7A57B2 #9B81C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#5D408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5D408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D408B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D408B	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.121 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76ad',
    500: '#5d408b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d408b;
$custom-light: #8e76ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.2,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44059,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D408B

secondary

#9AAF78

accent

#CD5BA1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D408B

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

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