#5B2E8A#5B2E8A

#5B2E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.147 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E8A
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 39.19, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 58.62, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0799 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.147 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8778, 6.0131, 24.6801)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E8A #5D8A2E

analogous

#2E2F8A #5B2E8A #892E8A

triadic

#5B2E8A #8A5B2E #2E8A5B

tetradic

#5B2E8A #8A2E2F #5D8A2E #2E8A89

square

#5B2E8A #8A2E2F #5D8A2E #2E8A89

split-complementary

#5B2E8A #8A892E #2F8A2E

monochromatic

#1E0F2E #3D1F5C #5B2E8A #793DB8 #9866CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#5B2E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B2E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E8A

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E8A	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.147 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aad',
    500: '#5b2e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e8a;
$custom-light: #8d6aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.348,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40882,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E8A

secondary

#8BB361

accent

#DA4E95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E8A

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

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