#5B248B#5B248B

#5B248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.162 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B248B
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.71, 44.48, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.71, 64.73, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.091 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.162 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6044, 5.3500, 24.9478)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B248B #548B24

analogous

#28248B #5B248B #8B2488

triadic

#5B248B #8B5B24 #248B5B

tetradic

#5B248B #8B2824 #548B24 #24888B

square

#5B248B #8B2824 #548B24 #24888B

split-complementary

#5B248B #888B24 #248B28

monochromatic

#1B0B2A #3B175A #5B248B #7B31BC #9956D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#5B248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B248B

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B248B	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.162 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64ae',
    500: '#5b248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b248b;
$custom-light: #8e64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39665,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B248B

secondary

#82B753

accent

#E2468F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B248B

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

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