#5B277F#5B277F

#5B277F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.145 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B277F
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 40.08, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 56.73, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0895 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.145 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8699, 5.2076, 20.6125)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B277F #4B7F27

analogous

#2F277F #5B277F #7F2777

triadic

#5B277F #7F5B27 #277F5B

tetradic

#5B277F #7F2F27 #4B7F27 #27777F

square

#5B277F #7F2F27 #4B7F27 #27777F

split-complementary

#5B277F #777F27 #277F2F

monochromatic

#180A21 #391950 #5B277F #7D35AE #9B55CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#5B277F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B277F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B277F

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B277F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B277F	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15417D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b277f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.145 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65a5',
    500: '#5b277f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b277f;
$custom-light: #8d65a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b277f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 53.012,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39098,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B277F

secondary

#78B052

accent

#DC4B87

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B277F

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

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