#5B2E87#5B2E87

#5B2E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.144 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E87
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 38.41, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 56.97, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.0802 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.144 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6636, 5.9274, 23.5520)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E87 #5A872E

analogous

#2E2E87 #5B2E87 #872E86

triadic

#5B2E87 #875B2E #2E875B

tetradic

#5B2E87 #872E2E #5A872E #2E8687

square

#5B2E87 #872E2E #5A872E #2E8687

split-complementary

#5B2E87 #86872E #2E872E

monochromatic

#1D0F2C #3C1E59 #5B2E87 #7A3EB5 #9865CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5B2E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B2E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E87

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E87	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.144 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aab',
    500: '#5b2e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e87;
$custom-light: #8d6aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40657,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E87

secondary

#88B160

accent

#D94F93

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E87

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

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