#5B2F89#5B2F89

#5B2F89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.145 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F89
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, 38.39, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 57.47, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0788 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.145 303)
XYZ	xyz(9.8452, 6.0633, 24.3137)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F89 #5D892F

analogous

#2F3089 #5B2F89 #882F89

triadic

#5B2F89 #895B2F #2F895B

tetradic

#5B2F89 #892F30 #5D892F #2F8988

square

#5B2F89 #892F30 #5D892F #2F8988

split-complementary

#5B2F89 #89882F #30892F

monochromatic

#1E102E #3D1F5B #5B2F89 #793FB7 #9867CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#5B2F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5B2F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F89

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F89	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.145 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6aac',
    500: '#5b2f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f89;
$custom-light: #8d6aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 48.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4095,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.06063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F89

secondary

#8BB262

accent

#D84F95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F89

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

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