#5B2599#5B2599

#5B2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.176 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2599
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 47.54, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 71.58, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.087 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.176 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7243, 5.8471, 30.6944)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2599 #639925

analogous

#252999 #5B2599 #952599

triadic

#5B2599 #995B25 #25995B

tetradic

#5B2599 #992529 #639925 #259995

square

#5B2599 #992529 #639925 #259995

split-complementary

#5B2599 #999525 #299925

monochromatic

#200D36 #3E1968 #5B2599 #7831CA #9860D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5B2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2599

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2599	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.176 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b8',
    500: '#5b2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2599;
$custom-light: #8f65b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.931,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40952,
    "c": 0.17592,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2599

secondary

#90BE5C

accent

#E44499

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2599

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

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