#5B2597#5B2597

#5B2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.174 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2597
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 47.03, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 70.53, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0875 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.174 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5605, 5.7815, 29.8317)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2597 #619725

analogous

#252897 #5B2597 #942597

triadic

#5B2597 #975B25 #25975B

tetradic

#5B2597 #972528 #619725 #259794

square

#5B2597 #972528 #619725 #259794

split-complementary

#5B2597 #979425 #289725

monochromatic

#200D35 #3D1966 #5B2597 #7931C8 #985FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5B2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2597

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2597	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.174 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b6',
    500: '#5b2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2597;
$custom-light: #8f65b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40781,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2597

secondary

#8EBD5B

accent

#E44498

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2597

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

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