#5B2579#5B2579

#5B2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.141 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2579
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.53, 39.64, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.53, 54.66, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0924 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.141 311)
XYZ	xyz(8.4265, 4.9280, 18.5927)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

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#663399

ΔE00 6.13

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2579 #437925

analogous

#312579 #5B2579 #79256D

triadic

#5B2579 #795B25 #25795B

tetradic

#5B2579 #793125 #437925 #256D79

square

#5B2579 #793125 #437925 #256D79

split-complementary

#5B2579 #6D7925 #257931

monochromatic

#15081B #38174A #5B2579 #7E33A8 #9E4FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#5B2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5B2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2579

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2579	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.141 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64a0',
    500: '#5b2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2579;
$custom-light: #8c64a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38395,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2579

secondary

#70AB4E

accent

#DD4B7F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2579

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

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