#5B3271#5B3271

#5B3271 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.111 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3271
RGB	rgb(91, 50, 113)
HSL	hsl(279, 39%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 55.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 30.62, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 42.30, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0746 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.111 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4351, 5.6978, 16.2750)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3271 #487132

analogous

#3C3271 #5B3271 #713268

triadic

#5B3271 #715B32 #32715B

tetradic

#5B3271 #713C32 #487132 #326871

square

#5B3271 #713C32 #487132 #326871

split-complementary

#5B3271 #687132 #32713C

monochromatic

#170C1C #391F47 #5B3271 #7D459B #9C63BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#5B3271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B3271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3271

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3271	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F446F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 50, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.111 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6c9a',
    500: '#5b3271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3271;
$custom-light: #8b6c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39764,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3271

secondary

#75A25D

accent

#CF5982

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C070E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3271

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

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