#5B277D#5B277D

#5B277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.142 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B277D
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 39.59, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 55.66, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0896 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.142 309)
XYZ	xyz(8.7408, 5.1560, 19.9328)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B277D #497D27

analogous

#30277D #5B277D #7D2774

triadic

#5B277D #7D5B27 #277D5B

tetradic

#5B277D #7D3027 #497D27 #27747D

square

#5B277D #7D3027 #497D27 #27747D

split-complementary

#5B277D #747D27 #277D30

monochromatic

#170A20 #39184E #5B277D #7D36AC #9B55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#5B277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5B277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B277D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B277D	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18417B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.142 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65a3',
    500: '#5b277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b277d;
$custom-light: #8d65a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3895,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.05156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B277D

secondary

#76AF51

accent

#DC4C85

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B277D

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

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