#5B2497#5B2497

#5B2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.175 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2497
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 47.49, -52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 71.03, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0884 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.175 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5298, 5.7202, 29.8215)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2497 #609724

analogous

#242697 #5B2497 #952497

triadic

#5B2497 #975B24 #24975B

tetradic

#5B2497 #972426 #609724 #249795

square

#5B2497 #972426 #609724 #249795

split-complementary

#5B2497 #979524 #269724

monochromatic

#1F0C34 #3D1866 #5B2497 #7930C8 #985DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#5B2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2497

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2497	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.175 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b6',
    500: '#5b2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2497;
$custom-light: #8f65b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40669,
    "c": 0.17486,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2497

secondary

#8EBD5A

accent

#E54397

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2497

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

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