#5B2F85#5B2F85

#5B2F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.140 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F85
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 64.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.29, 37.35, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.29, 55.27, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0791 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.14 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5636, 5.9507, 22.8305)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F85 #59852F

analogous

#302F85 #5B2F85 #852F84

triadic

#5B2F85 #855B2F #2F855B

tetradic

#5B2F85 #85302F #59852F #2F8485

square

#5B2F85 #85302F #59852F #2F8485

split-complementary

#5B2F85 #84852F #2F8530

monochromatic

#1D0F2B #3C1F58 #5B2F85 #7A3FB2 #9866C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#5B2F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B2F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F85

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F85	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.140 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aa9',
    500: '#5b2f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f85;
$custom-light: #8d6aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 47.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40654,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F85

secondary

#87B060

accent

#D75092

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F85

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

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