#5B2499#5B2499

#5B2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.177 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2499
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 47.99, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 72.07, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% 0.0879 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.177 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6936, 5.7857, 30.6842)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2499 #629924

analogous

#242899 #5B2499 #962499

triadic

#5B2499 #995B24 #24995B

tetradic

#5B2499 #992428 #629924 #249996

square

#5B2499 #992428 #629924 #249996

split-complementary

#5B2499 #999624 #289924

monochromatic

#200D36 #3E1867 #5B2499 #7830CB #985ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#5B2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2499

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2499	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.177 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b8',
    500: '#5b2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2499;
$custom-light: #8f65b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.205,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40841,
    "c": 0.17702,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2499

secondary

#8FBE5B

accent

#E54399

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2499

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

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