#5D497E#5D497E

#5D497E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.087 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D497E
RGB	rgb(93, 73, 126)
HSL	hsl(263, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 42.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.20, 20.45, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.20, 33.85, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.044 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.087 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6618, 8.5986, 20.8326)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D497E #6A7E49

analogous

#49507E #5D497E #78497E

triadic

#5D497E #7E5D49 #497E5D

tetradic

#5D497E #7E4950 #6A7E49 #497E78

square

#5D497E #7E4950 #6A7E49 #497E78

split-complementary

#5D497E #7E7849 #507E49

monochromatic

#241C31 #403357 #5D497E #7A61A3 #9B88BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#5D497E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5D497E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D497E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D497E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D497E	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F527D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57525D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d497e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 73, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.087 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7ca3',
    500: '#5d497e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d497e;
$custom-light: #8c7ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d497e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44956,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D497E

secondary

#96A67D

accent

#C3659F

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C090F

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D497E

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

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