#5B2E85#5B2E85

#5B2E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.141 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E85
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 37.90, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 55.88, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0803 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.141 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5241, 5.8716, 22.8173)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E85 #58852E

analogous

#2F2E85 #5B2E85 #852E84

triadic

#5B2E85 #855B2E #2E855B

tetradic

#5B2E85 #852F2E #58852E #2E8485

square

#5B2E85 #852F2E #58852E #2E8485

split-complementary

#5B2E85 #84852E #2E852F

monochromatic

#1D0F2A #3C1E58 #5B2E85 #7A3EB2 #9864C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#5B2E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B2E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E85

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E85	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.141 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aa9',
    500: '#5b2e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e85;
$custom-light: #8d6aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40509,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E85

secondary

#86B05F

accent

#D85092

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E85

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

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