#5B2E89#5B2E89

#5B2E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.146 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E89
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, 38.93, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 58.07, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.08 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.146 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8057, 5.9843, 24.3006)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.59

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E89 #5C892E

analogous

#2E2E89 #5B2E89 #882E89

triadic

#5B2E89 #895B2E #2E895B

tetradic

#5B2E89 #892E2E #5C892E #2E8988

square

#5B2E89 #892E2E #5C892E #2E8988

split-complementary

#5B2E89 #89882E #2E892E

monochromatic

#1E0F2D #3D1F5B #5B2E89 #793DB7 #9866CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#5B2E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B2E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E89

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E89	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.146 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aac',
    500: '#5b2e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e89;
$custom-light: #8d6aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40807,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E89

secondary

#8AB260

accent

#D94F95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E89

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

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