#5B2F87#5B2F87

#5B2F87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.142 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F87
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 65.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 37.87, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 56.37, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.079 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.142 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7031, 6.0065, 23.5652)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F87 #5B872F

analogous

#2F2F87 #5B2F87 #872F87

triadic

#5B2F87 #875B2F #2F875B

tetradic

#5B2F87 #872F2F #5B872F #2F8787

square

#5B2F87 #872F2F #5B872F #2F8787

split-complementary

#5B2F87 #87872F #2F872F

monochromatic

#1E0F2C #3C1F5A #5B2F87 #7A3FB4 #9866CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#5B2F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B2F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F87

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F87	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.142 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aaa',
    500: '#5b2f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f87;
$custom-light: #8d6aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40802,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F87

secondary

#89B161

accent

#D85094

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F87

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

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