#5B277E#5B277E

#5B277E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.144 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B277E
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 39.83, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 56.19, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0896 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.144 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8050, 5.1817, 20.2709)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B277E #4A7E27

analogous

#30277E #5B277E #7E2776

triadic

#5B277E #7E5B27 #277E5B

tetradic

#5B277E #7E3027 #4A7E27 #27767E

square

#5B277E #7E3027 #4A7E27 #27767E

split-complementary

#5B277E #767E27 #277E30

monochromatic

#170A21 #39194F #5B277E #7D35AD #9B55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#5B277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B277E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B277E	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17417C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.144 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65a4',
    500: '#5b277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b277e;
$custom-light: #8d65a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.862,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39024,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B277E

secondary

#77AF52

accent

#DC4C86

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B277E

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

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