#5B2E8D#5B2E8D

#5B2E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.151 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E8D
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 39.97, -45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 60.26, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% 0.0796 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.151 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0980, 6.1012, 25.8398)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E8D #608D2E

analogous

#2E318D #5B2E8D #8B2E8D

triadic

#5B2E8D #8D5B2E #2E8D5B

tetradic

#5B2E8D #8D2E31 #608D2E #2E8D8B

square

#5B2E8D #8D2E31 #608D2E #2E8D8B

split-complementary

#5B2E8D #8D8B2E #318D2E

monochromatic

#1F1031 #3D1F5F #5B2E8D #793DBB #9868CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#5B2E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5B2E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E8D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E8D	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.151 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6aaf',
    500: '#5b2e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e8d;
$custom-light: #8e6aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41111,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E8D

secondary

#8EB562

accent

#DA4E98

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E8D

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

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