#5B2498#5B2498

#5B2498 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.176 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2498
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 152)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 47.74, -53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 71.55, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.0882 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.176 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6113, 5.7528, 30.2510)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2498 #619824

analogous

#242798 #5B2498 #952498

triadic

#5B2498 #985B24 #24985B

tetradic

#5B2498 #982427 #619824 #249895

square

#5B2498 #982427 #619824 #249895

split-complementary

#5B2498 #989524 #279824

monochromatic

#200D35 #3D1867 #5B2498 #7930C9 #985ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#5B2498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B2498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2498

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2498	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.176 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b7',
    500: '#5b2498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2498;
$custom-light: #8f65b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.448,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40755,
    "c": 0.17594,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2498

secondary

#8EBE5A

accent

#E54398

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2498

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

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