#5B2D8A#5B2D8A

#5B2D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.149 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D8A
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 39.73, -43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 59.21, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0811 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.149 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8392, 5.9359, 24.6672)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.45

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D8A #5C8A2D

analogous

#2D2D8A #5B2D8A #892D8A

triadic

#5B2D8A #8A5B2D #2D8A5B

tetradic

#5B2D8A #8A2D2D #5C8A2D #2D8A89

square

#5B2D8A #8A2D2D #5C8A2D #2D8A89

split-complementary

#5B2D8A #8A892D #2D8A2D

monochromatic

#1E0F2E #3D1E5C #5B2D8A #793CB8 #9865CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#5B2D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B2D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D8A

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D8A	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.149 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d69ad',
    500: '#5b2d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d8a;
$custom-light: #8d69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.677,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40742,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D8A

secondary

#8AB360

accent

#DA4D95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D8A

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

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