#5B2E8E#5B2E8E

#5B2E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.152 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E8E
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 40.23, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 60.80, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% 0.0795 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.152 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1727, 6.1311, 26.2334)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E8E #618E2E

analogous

#2E318E #5B2E8E #8B2E8E

triadic

#5B2E8E #8E5B2E #2E8E5B

tetradic

#5B2E8E #8E2E31 #618E2E #2E8E8B

square

#5B2E8E #8E2E31 #618E2E #2E8E8B

split-complementary

#5B2E8E #8E8B2E #318E2E

monochromatic

#201032 #3D1F60 #5B2E8E #793DBC #9868CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#5B2E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5B2E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E8E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E8E	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.152 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ab0',
    500: '#5b2e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e8e;
$custom-light: #8e6ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41188,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E8E

secondary

#8EB563

accent

#DB4D98

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E8E

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

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