#5B279E#5B279E

#5B279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.179 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B279E
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 47.91, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 73.20, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.084 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.179 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2099, 6.1436, 32.9364)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B279E #6A9E27

analogous

#272F9E #5B279E #96279E

triadic

#5B279E #9E5B27 #279E5B

tetradic

#5B279E #9E272F #6A9E27 #279E96

square

#5B279E #9E272F #6A9E27 #279E96

split-complementary

#5B279E #9E9627 #2F9E27

monochromatic

#220F3C #3F1B6D #5B279E #7835CD #9866D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#5B279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5B279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B279E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B279E	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.179 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067bc',
    500: '#5b279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b279e;
$custom-light: #9067bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.218,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41612,
    "c": 0.17916,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B279E

secondary

#96BF62

accent

#E4449E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B279E

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

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