#5B2C87#5B2C87

#5B2C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.147 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C87
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 135)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 39.49, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 58.16, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0826 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.147 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5873, 5.7748, 23.5265)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C87 #58872C

analogous

#2D2C87 #5B2C87 #872C85

triadic

#5B2C87 #875B2C #2C875B

tetradic

#5B2C87 #872D2C #58872C #2C8587

square

#5B2C87 #872D2C #58872C #2C8587

split-complementary

#5B2C87 #85872C #2C872D

monochromatic

#1D0E2B #3C1D59 #5B2C87 #7A3BB5 #9862CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5B2C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B2C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C87

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C87	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.147 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68ab',
    500: '#5b2c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c87;
$custom-light: #8d68ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40375,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C87

secondary

#86B25D

accent

#DA4D92

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C87

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →