#5B279B#5B279B

#5B279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.176 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B279B
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 47.13, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 71.62, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% 0.0847 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.176 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9548, 6.0416, 31.5930)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B279B #679B27

analogous

#272D9B #5B279B #95279B

triadic

#5B279B #9B5B27 #279B5B

tetradic

#5B279B #9B272D #679B27 #279B95

square

#5B279B #9B272D #679B27 #279B95

split-complementary

#5B279B #9B9527 #2D9B27

monochromatic

#220E39 #3E1B6A #5B279B #7833CC #9864D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#5B279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5B279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B279B

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B279B	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.176 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b9',
    500: '#5b279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b279b;
$custom-light: #8f66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41353,
    "c": 0.17585,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B279B

secondary

#94BE60

accent

#E3459C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B279B

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

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