#5D408E#5D408E

#5D408E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.125 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D408E
RGB	rgb(93, 64, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(262, 55%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 30.38, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 49.38, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.0593 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.125 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2289, 7.9468, 26.5282)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D408E #718E40

analogous

#404A8E #5D408E #84408E

triadic

#5D408E #8E5D40 #408E5D

tetradic

#5D408E #8E404A #718E40 #408E84

square

#5D408E #8E404A #718E40 #408E84

split-complementary

#5D408E #8E8440 #4A8E40

monochromatic

#261A3A #412D64 #5D408E #7A58B4 #9B82C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#5D408E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5D408E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D408E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D408E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D408E	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d408e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 64, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.125 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e76af',
    500: '#5d408e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d408e;
$custom-light: #8e76af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d408e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.308,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44258,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D408E

secondary

#9CB179

accent

#CE5AA3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF5

border

#CBC8CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D408E

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

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