#5B2C8A#5B2C8A

#5B2C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.150 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C8A
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 40.26, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 59.80, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0823 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.15 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8015, 5.8605, 24.6546)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C8A #5B8A2C

analogous

#2C2C8A #5B2C8A #8A2C8A

triadic

#5B2C8A #8A5B2C #2C8A5B

tetradic

#5B2C8A #8A2C2C #5B8A2C #2C8A8A

square

#5B2C8A #8A2C2C #5B8A2C #2C8A8A

split-complementary

#5B2C8A #8A8A2C #2C8A2C

monochromatic

#1E0E2D #3C1D5C #5B2C8A #7A3BB8 #9863CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#5B2C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B2C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C8A

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C8A	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.150 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68ad',
    500: '#5b2c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c8a;
$custom-light: #8d68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40603,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C8A

secondary

#89B45E

accent

#DB4D94

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C8A

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

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