#5B2387#5B2387

#5B2387 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.159 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2387
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 43.97, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 63.13, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% 0.0928 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.159 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2876, 5.1756, 23.4267)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2387 #4F8723

analogous

#292387 #5B2387 #872381

triadic

#5B2387 #875B23 #23875B

tetradic

#5B2387 #872923 #4F8723 #238187

square

#5B2387 #872923 #4F8723 #238187

split-complementary

#5B2387 #818723 #238729

monochromatic

#190A26 #3A1656 #5B2387 #7C30B8 #9A52D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#5B2387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B2387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2387

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2387	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.159 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ab',
    500: '#5b2387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2387;
$custom-light: #8e63ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39226,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2387

secondary

#7DB650

accent

#E2468B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2387

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

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