#5B2697#5B2697

#5B2697 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.173 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2697
RGB	rgb(91, 38, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 74.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 46.57, -52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 70.03, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0865 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.173 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5920, 5.8446, 29.8422)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2697 #629726

analogous

#262997 #5B2697 #942697

triadic

#5B2697 #975B26 #26975B

tetradic

#5B2697 #972629 #629726 #269794

square

#5B2697 #972629 #629726 #269794

split-complementary

#5B2697 #979426 #299726

monochromatic

#200D35 #3E1A66 #5B2697 #7832C8 #9860D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5B2697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B2697 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2697

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2697	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)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 38, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.173 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b6',
    500: '#5b2697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2697;
$custom-light: #8f66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.142,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40896,
    "c": 0.17259,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2697

secondary

#8FBC5C

accent

#E34599

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2697

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

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