#5B248C#5B248C

#5B248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.163 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B248C
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 44.73, -47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 65.26, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.0908 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.163 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6778, 5.3794, 25.3343)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B248C #558C24

analogous

#27248C #5B248C #8C2489

triadic

#5B248C #8C5B24 #248C5B

tetradic

#5B248C #8C2724 #558C24 #24898C

square

#5B248C #8C2724 #558C24 #24898C

split-complementary

#5B248C #898C24 #248C27

monochromatic

#1C0B2B #3B175B #5B248C #7B31BD #9957D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#5B248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B248C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B248C	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.163 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64ae',
    500: '#5b248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b248c;
$custom-light: #8e64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39747,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B248C

secondary

#83B854

accent

#E2468F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B248C

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

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