#5B2699#5B2699

#5B2699 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.175 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2699
RGB	rgb(91, 38, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 47.08, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 71.08, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0861 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.175 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7558, 5.9102, 30.7049)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2699 #649926

analogous

#262B99 #5B2699 #942699

triadic

#5B2699 #995B26 #26995B

tetradic

#5B2699 #99262B #649926 #269994

square

#5B2699 #99262B #649926 #269994

split-complementary

#5B2699 #999426 #2B9926

monochromatic

#210E37 #3E1A68 #5B2699 #7832CA #9862D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5B2699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B2699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2699

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2699	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 38, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.175 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b8',
    500: '#5b2699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2699;
$custom-light: #8f66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.652,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41066,
    "c": 0.17479,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2699

secondary

#91BD5E

accent

#E3449A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2699

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

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