#5B2587#5B2587

#5B2587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.156 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2587
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 135)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 72.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 43.02, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 62.09, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% 0.0907 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.156 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3482, 5.2966, 23.4468)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2587 #518725

analogous

#2A2587 #5B2587 #872582

triadic

#5B2587 #875B25 #25875B

tetradic

#5B2587 #872A25 #518725 #258287

square

#5B2587 #872A25 #518725 #258287

split-complementary

#5B2587 #828725 #25872A

monochromatic

#1A0B27 #3B1857 #5B2587 #7B32B7 #9956D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#5B2587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B2587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2587

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2587	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.156 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64ab',
    500: '#5b2587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2587;
$custom-light: #8e64ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39463,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2587

secondary

#7FB553

accent

#E0488C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2587

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

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