#5B2598#5B2598

#5B2598 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.175 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2598
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 152)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 47.29, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 71.06, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0872 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.175 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6420, 5.8142, 30.2612)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2598 #629825

analogous

#252898 #5B2598 #952598

triadic

#5B2598 #985B25 #25985B

tetradic

#5B2598 #982528 #629825 #259895

square

#5B2598 #982528 #629825 #259895

split-complementary

#5B2598 #989525 #289825

monochromatic

#200D36 #3E1967 #5B2598 #7831C9 #985FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#5B2598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B2598 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2598

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2598	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.175 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b7',
    500: '#5b2598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2598;
$custom-light: #8f65b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.174,
    "s": 60.847,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40867,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2598

secondary

#8FBD5C

accent

#E44499

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2598

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

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