#5B2C85#5B2C85

#5B2C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.144 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C85
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 66.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 38.98, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 57.08, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.0828 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.144 305)
XYZ	xyz(9.4478, 5.7190, 22.7919)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C85 #56852C

analogous

#2E2C85 #5B2C85 #852C83

triadic

#5B2C85 #855B2C #2C855B

tetradic

#5B2C85 #852E2C #56852C #2C8385

square

#5B2C85 #852E2C #56852C #2C8385

split-complementary

#5B2C85 #83852C #2C852E

monochromatic

#1C0E29 #3C1D57 #5B2C85 #7A3BB3 #9961CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5B2C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B2C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C85

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C85	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)

#004288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.144 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68a9',
    500: '#5b2c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c85;
$custom-light: #8d68a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40224,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.05719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C85

secondary

#84B15C

accent

#DA4E90

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C85

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

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