#5B277A#5B277A

#5B277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.139 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B277A
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 38.87, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 54.06, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0899 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.139 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5521, 5.0805, 18.9387)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B277A #467A27

analogous

#31277A #5B277A #7A2770

triadic

#5B277A #7A5B27 #277A5B

tetradic

#5B277A #7A3127 #467A27 #27707A

square

#5B277A #7A3127 #467A27 #27707A

split-complementary

#5B277A #707A27 #277A31

monochromatic

#16091D #38184C #5B277A #7E36A8 #9C53C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#5B277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B277A

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B277A	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.139 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65a1',
    500: '#5b277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b277a;
$custom-light: #8c65a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.59,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3873,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B277A

secondary

#73AC51

accent

#DB4D82

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B277A

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

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