#5B2A8A#5B2A8A

#5B2A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.153 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2A8A
RGB	rgb(91, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 41.29, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 60.95, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0847 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.153 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7287, 5.7151, 24.6304)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2A8A #598A2A

analogous

#2B2A8A #5B2A8A #8A2A89

triadic

#5B2A8A #8A5B2A #2A8A5B

tetradic

#5B2A8A #8A2B2A #598A2A #2A898A

square

#5B2A8A #8A2B2A #598A2A #2A898A

split-complementary

#5B2A8A #898A2A #2A8A2B

monochromatic

#1D0D2C #3C1C5B #5B2A8A #7A38B9 #9860CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5B2A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B2A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2A8A

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2A8A	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.153 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67ad',
    500: '#5b2a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2a8a;
$custom-light: #8e67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40334,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2A8A

secondary

#87B45B

accent

#DD4B92

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2A8A

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

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