#5B2D8D#5B2D8D

#5B2D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.152 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D8D
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 40.51, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 60.84, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0808 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.152 302)
XYZ	xyz(10.0594, 6.0240, 25.8269)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.66

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D8D #5F8D2D

analogous

#2D2F8D #5B2D8D #8B2D8D

triadic

#5B2D8D #8D5B2D #2D8D5B

tetradic

#5B2D8D #8D2D2F #5F8D2D #2D8D8B

square

#5B2D8D #8D2D2F #5F8D2D #2D8D8B

split-complementary

#5B2D8D #8D8B2D #2F8D2D

monochromatic

#1F0F30 #3D1E5F #5B2D8D #793CBB #9866CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#5B2D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B2D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D8D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D8D	1.00	9.52	2.20	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.152 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69af',
    500: '#5b2d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d8d;
$custom-light: #8e69af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40972,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.06024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D8D

secondary

#8DB561

accent

#DB4D97

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D8D

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

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