#5B2595#5B2595

#5B2595 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.172 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2595
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 149)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 46.53, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 69.49, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.088 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.172 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3994, 5.7171, 28.9836)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2595 #5F9525

analogous

#252795 #5B2595 #932595

triadic

#5B2595 #955B25 #25955B

tetradic

#5B2595 #952527 #5F9525 #259593

square

#5B2595 #952527 #5F9525 #259593

split-complementary

#5B2595 #959325 #279525

monochromatic

#1F0D33 #3D1964 #5B2595 #7931C6 #985ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5B2595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B2595 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2595

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2595	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.172 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b5',
    500: '#5b2595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2595;
$custom-light: #8f65b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40611,
    "c": 0.17155,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2595

secondary

#8DBC5A

accent

#E34497

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2595

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

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