#5B2399#5B2399

#5B2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.178 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2399
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 48.44, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 72.56, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.0888 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.178 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6637, 5.7260, 30.6742)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2399 #619923

analogous

#232699 #5B2399 #962399

triadic

#5B2399 #995B23 #23995B

tetradic

#5B2399 #992326 #619923 #239996

square

#5B2399 #992326 #619923 #239996

split-complementary

#5B2399 #999623 #269923

monochromatic

#200C35 #3D1867 #5B2399 #792ECB #985DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#5B2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2399

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2399	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.178 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b8',
    500: '#5b2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2399;
$custom-light: #9064b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.475,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40733,
    "c": 0.1781,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2399

secondary

#8EBE59

accent

#E64298

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2399

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

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