#5B2796#5B2796

#5B2796 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.170 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2796
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 150)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 74%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 45.85, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 68.99, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0858 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.17 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5436, 5.8771, 29.4272)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2796 #629627

analogous

#272B96 #5B2796 #932796

triadic

#5B2796 #965B27 #27965B

tetradic

#5B2796 #96272B #629627 #279693

square

#5B2796 #96272B #629627 #279693

split-complementary

#5B2796 #969327 #2B9627

monochromatic

#200E35 #3E1A65 #5B2796 #7834C7 #9861D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#5B2796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B2796 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2796

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2796	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.170 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b6',
    500: '#5b2796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2796;
$custom-light: #8f66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.108,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40929,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2796

secondary

#8FBC5D

accent

#E24699

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2796

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

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