#5B248A#5B248A

#5B248A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.161 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B248A
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 138)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 44.24, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 64.20, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0912 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.161 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5317, 5.3209, 24.5647)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B248A #538A24

analogous

#28248A #5B248A #8A2486

triadic

#5B248A #8A5B24 #248A5B

tetradic

#5B248A #8A2824 #538A24 #24868A

square

#5B248A #8A2824 #538A24 #24868A

split-complementary

#5B248A #868A24 #248A28

monochromatic

#1B0B29 #3B1759 #5B248A #7B31BB #9956D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#5B248A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B248A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B248A

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B248A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B248A	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b248a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.161 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64ad',
    500: '#5b248a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b248a;
$custom-light: #8e64ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b248a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39584,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B248A

secondary

#81B753

accent

#E2468E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B248A

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

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