#5B2C8E#5B2C8E

#5B2C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.155 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C8E
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.36, 41.29, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.36, 61.97, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0818 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.155 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0964, 5.9785, 26.2080)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C8E #5F8E2C

analogous

#2C2E8E #5B2C8E #8C2C8E

triadic

#5B2C8E #8E5B2C #2C8E5B

tetradic

#5B2C8E #8E2C2E #5F8E2C #2C8E8C

square

#5B2C8E #8E2C2E #5F8E2C #2C8E8C

split-complementary

#5B2C8E #8E8C2C #2E8E2C

monochromatic

#1F0F31 #3D1E5F #5B2C8E #793ABD #9865CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#5B2C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B2C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C8E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C8E	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.155 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69b0',
    500: '#5b2c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c8e;
$custom-light: #8e69b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40914,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C8E

secondary

#8DB660

accent

#DC4C97

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C8E

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

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