#5B2F83#5B2F83

#5B2F83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.137 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F83
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 131)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 36.84, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 54.17, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0792 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.137 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4267, 5.8959, 22.1097)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F83 #57832F

analogous

#312F83 #5B2F83 #832F81

triadic

#5B2F83 #835B2F #2F835B

tetradic

#5B2F83 #83312F #57832F #2F8183

square

#5B2F83 #83312F #57832F #2F8183

split-complementary

#5B2F83 #81832F #2F8331

monochromatic

#1C0F29 #3C1F56 #5B2F83 #7A3FB0 #9965C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#5B2F83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B2F83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F83

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F83	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.137 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aa8',
    500: '#5b2f83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f83;
$custom-light: #8d6aa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 47.191,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40509,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F83

secondary

#85AF5F

accent

#D75191

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F83

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

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