#5B279F#5B279F

#5B279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.180 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B279F
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 48.17, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 73.72, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.0837 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.18 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2963, 6.1782, 33.3915)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B279F #6B9F27

analogous

#272F9F #5B279F #97279F

triadic

#5B279F #9F5B27 #279F5B

tetradic

#5B279F #9F272F #6B9F27 #279F97

square

#5B279F #9F272F #6B9F27 #279F97

split-complementary

#5B279F #9F9727 #2F9F27

monochromatic

#230F3D #3F1B6E #5B279F #7736CE #9967DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#5B279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5B279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B279F

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B279F	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.180 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067bc',
    500: '#5b279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b279f;
$custom-light: #9067bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41699,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B279F

secondary

#97C062

accent

#E4449F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B279F

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

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