#5B2D85#5B2D85

#5B2D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.143 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D85
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 38.44, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 56.48, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0816 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.143 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4855, 5.7944, 22.8045)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D85 #57852D

analogous

#2F2D85 #5B2D85 #852D83

triadic

#5B2D85 #855B2D #2D855B

tetradic

#5B2D85 #852F2D #57852D #2D8385

square

#5B2D85 #852F2D #57852D #2D8385

split-complementary

#5B2D85 #83852D #2D852F

monochromatic

#1C0E2A #3C1E57 #5B2D85 #7A3CB3 #9962CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#5B2D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B2D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D85

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D85	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.143 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69a9',
    500: '#5b2d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d85;
$custom-light: #8d69a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 49.438,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40365,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D85

secondary

#85B05D

accent

#D94F91

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D85

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

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