#5B2C8F#5B2C8F

#5B2C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.156 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C8F
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 41.55, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 62.51, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0817 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.156 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1718, 6.0086, 26.6052)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C8F #608F2C

analogous

#2C2F8F #5B2C8F #8D2C8F

triadic

#5B2C8F #8F5B2C #2C8F5B

tetradic

#5B2C8F #8F2C2F #608F2C #2C8F8D

square

#5B2C8F #8F2C2F #608F2C #2C8F8D

split-complementary

#5B2C8F #8F8D2C #2F8F2C

monochromatic

#1F0F31 #3D1E60 #5B2C8F #793ABE #9866D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#5B2C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B2C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C8F

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C8F	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.156 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69b0',
    500: '#5b2c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c8f;
$custom-light: #8e69b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.485,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40992,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C8F

secondary

#8EB661

accent

#DC4B98

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C8F

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

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