#5B2487#5B2487

#5B2487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.157 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2487
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 135)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 73.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 43.50, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 62.62, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0918 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.157 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3175, 5.2352, 23.4366)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2487 #508724

analogous

#292487 #5B2487 #872481

triadic

#5B2487 #875B24 #24875B

tetradic

#5B2487 #872924 #508724 #248187

square

#5B2487 #872924 #508724 #248187

split-complementary

#5B2487 #818724 #248729

monochromatic

#1A0A26 #3A1757 #5B2487 #7C31B7 #9A54D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#5B2487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B2487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2487

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2487	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.157 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64ab',
    500: '#5b2487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2487;
$custom-light: #8e64ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39343,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2487

secondary

#7EB551

accent

#E1478B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2487

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

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