#5B2397#5B2397

#5B2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.176 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2397
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 47.93, -53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 71.52, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0893 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.176 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4999, 5.6605, 29.8116)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2397 #5F9723

analogous

#232597 #5B2397 #952397

triadic

#5B2397 #975B23 #23975B

tetradic

#5B2397 #972325 #5F9723 #239795

square

#5B2397 #972325 #5F9723 #239795

split-complementary

#5B2397 #979523 #259723

monochromatic

#1F0C34 #3D1765 #5B2397 #792FC9 #985BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#5B2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5B2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2397

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2397	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.176 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b6',
    500: '#5b2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2397;
$custom-light: #8f64b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40559,
    "c": 0.17597,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2397

secondary

#8DBE58

accent

#E54297

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2397

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

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