#5B2097#5B2097

#5B2097 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.179 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2097
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, 49.22, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 72.92, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.092 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.179 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4154, 5.4915, 29.7834)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2097 #5C9720

analogous

#202097 #5B2097 #962097

triadic

#5B2097 #975B20 #20975B

tetradic

#5B2097 #972020 #5C9720 #209796

square

#5B2097 #972020 #5C9720 #209796

split-complementary

#5B2097 #979620 #209720

monochromatic

#1E0B32 #3D1564 #5B2097 #792BC9 #9856DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#5B2097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5B2097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2097

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2097	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.179 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b7',
    500: '#5b2097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2097;
$custom-light: #8f63b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.748,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40245,
    "c": 0.17914,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2097

secondary

#8ABF54

accent

#E84095

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2097

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

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