#5B2696#5B2696

#5B2696 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.171 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2696
RGB	rgb(91, 38, 150)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 46.32, -51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 69.50, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0868 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.171 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5112, 5.8123, 29.4164)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2696 #619626

analogous

#262996 #5B2696 #932696

triadic

#5B2696 #965B26 #26965B

tetradic

#5B2696 #962629 #619626 #269693

square

#5B2696 #962629 #619626 #269693

split-complementary

#5B2696 #969326 #299626

monochromatic

#200D34 #3D1A65 #5B2696 #7932C7 #9860D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#5B2696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B2696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2696

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2696	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)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 38, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.171 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b6',
    500: '#5b2696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2696;
$custom-light: #8f66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.393,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40811,
    "c": 0.17149,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2696

secondary

#8EBC5C

accent

#E34598

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2696

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

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