#5B279D#5B279D

#5B279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.178 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B279D
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 47.65, -54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 72.67, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.0842 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.178 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1241, 6.1093, 32.4849)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B279D #699D27

analogous

#272E9D #5B279D #96279D

triadic

#5B279D #9D5B27 #279D5B

tetradic

#5B279D #9D272E #699D27 #279D96

square

#5B279D #9D272E #699D27 #279D96

split-complementary

#5B279D #9D9627 #2E9D27

monochromatic

#220F3B #3F1B6C #5B279D #7835CD #9866D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#5B279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5B279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B279D

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B279D	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.178 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066bb',
    500: '#5b279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b279d;
$custom-light: #9066bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.441,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41525,
    "c": 0.17806,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B279D

secondary

#95BF61

accent

#E3449D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B279D

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

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