#5B2C8D#5B2C8D

#5B2C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.154 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C8D
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 41.03, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 61.42, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.082 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.154 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0216, 5.9486, 25.8144)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C8D #5E8D2C

analogous

#2C2E8D #5B2C8D #8C2C8D

triadic

#5B2C8D #8D5B2C #2C8D5B

tetradic

#5B2C8D #8D2C2E #5E8D2C #2C8D8C

square

#5B2C8D #8D2C2E #5E8D2C #2C8D8C

split-complementary

#5B2C8D #8D8C2C #2E8D2C

monochromatic

#1F0F30 #3D1D5E #5B2C8D #793BBC #9865CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#5B2C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B2C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C8D

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C8D	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.154 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69af',
    500: '#5b2c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c8d;
$custom-light: #8e69af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.072,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40836,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C8D

secondary

#8CB560

accent

#DC4C96

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C8D

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

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