#5B2D8E#5B2D8E

#5B2D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.153 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D8E
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 40.77, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 61.39, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0807 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.153 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1341, 6.0539, 26.2206)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D8E #608E2D

analogous

#2D2F8E #5B2D8E #8C2D8E

triadic

#5B2D8E #8E5B2D #2D8E5B

tetradic

#5B2D8E #8E2D2F #608E2D #2D8E8C

square

#5B2D8E #8E2D2F #608E2D #2D8E8C

split-complementary

#5B2D8E #8E8C2D #2F8E2D

monochromatic

#1F1031 #3D1E60 #5B2D8E #793CBC #9867CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#5B2D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5B2D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D8E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D8E	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.153 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69b0',
    500: '#5b2d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d8e;
$custom-light: #8e69b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.454,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4105,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D8E

secondary

#8EB561

accent

#DB4C98

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D8E

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

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