#5B248D#5B248D

#5B248D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.164 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B248D
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 44.98, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 65.78, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0906 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.164 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7519, 5.4090, 25.7244)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B248D #568D24

analogous

#27248D #5B248D #8D248A

triadic

#5B248D #8D5B24 #248D5B

tetradic

#5B248D #8D2724 #568D24 #248A8D

square

#5B248D #8D2724 #568D24 #248A8D

split-complementary

#5B248D #8A8D24 #248D27

monochromatic

#1C0B2B #3C185C #5B248D #7A30BE #9957D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#5B248D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B248D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B248D

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B248D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B248D	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b248d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.164 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64af',
    500: '#5b248d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b248d;
$custom-light: #8e64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b248d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39829,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B248D

secondary

#84B854

accent

#E34590

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B248D

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

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