#5B277C#5B277C

#5B277C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.141 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B277C
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.10, 39.35, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.10, 55.12, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0897 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.141 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6773, 5.1306, 19.5981)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B277C #487C27

analogous

#31277C #5B277C #7C2773

triadic

#5B277C #7C5B27 #277C5B

tetradic

#5B277C #7C3127 #487C27 #27737C

square

#5B277C #7C3127 #487C27 #27737C

split-complementary

#5B277C #737C27 #277C31

monochromatic

#170A1F #39184D #5B277C #7D36AB #9C54C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#5B277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5B277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B277C

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B277C	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19417A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.141 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65a2',
    500: '#5b277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b277c;
$custom-light: #8d65a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38876,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B277C

secondary

#75AE51

accent

#DC4C84

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B277C

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

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