#5B2B8A#5B2B8A

#5B2B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.152 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2B8A
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 40.78, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 60.37, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.0835 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.152 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7646, 5.7869, 24.6424)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2B8A #5A8A2B

analogous

#2C2B8A #5B2B8A #8A2B89

triadic

#5B2B8A #8A5B2B #2B8A5B

tetradic

#5B2B8A #8A2C2B #5A8A2B #2B898A

square

#5B2B8A #8A2C2B #5A8A2B #2B898A

split-complementary

#5B2B8A #898A2B #2B8A2C

monochromatic

#1D0E2D #3C1C5B #5B2B8A #7A3AB9 #9861CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#5B2B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B2B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2B8A

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2B8A	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.152 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68ad',
    500: '#5b2b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2b8a;
$custom-light: #8d68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.316,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40467,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2B8A

secondary

#88B45D

accent

#DC4C93

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2B8A

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

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