#5B268B#5B268B

#5B268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.159 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B268B
RGB	rgb(91, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 43.54, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 63.68, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.0889 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.159 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6666, 5.4745, 24.9685)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B268B #568B26

analogous

#29268B #5B268B #8B2689

triadic

#5B268B #8B5B26 #268B5B

tetradic

#5B268B #8B2926 #568B26 #26898B

square

#5B268B #8B2926 #568B26 #26898B

split-complementary

#5B268B #898B26 #268B29

monochromatic

#1C0C2B #3C195B #5B268B #7A33BB #995AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#5B268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B268B

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B268B	1.00	10.02	2.09	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.159 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65ae',
    500: '#5b268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b268b;
$custom-light: #8e65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39904,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B268B

secondary

#84B756

accent

#E04790

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B268B

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

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