#5D4E72#5D4E72

#5D4E72 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.060 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D4E72
RGB	rgb(93, 78, 114)
HSL	hsl(265, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.97, 14.19, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.97, 23.18, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% 0.033 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.06 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2752, 8.9909, 17.1104)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D4E72 #63724E

analogous

#4E5172 #5D4E72 #6F4E72

triadic

#5D4E72 #725D4E #4E725D

tetradic

#5D4E72 #724E51 #63724E #4E726F

square

#5D4E72 #724E51 #63724E #4E726F

split-complementary

#5D4E72 #726F4E #51724E

monochromatic

#221C29 #3F354E #5D4E72 #7B6796 #9A8BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#5D4E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5D4E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D4E72

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D4E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D4E72	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d4e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.060 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f9a',
    500: '#5d4e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d4e72;
$custom-light: #8b7f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d4e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45353,
    "c": 0.06022,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D4E72

secondary

#909D7F

accent

#BB6C9A

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0E

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D4E72

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

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