#5B2797#5B2797

#5B2797 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.171 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2797
RGB	rgb(91, 39, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 46.10, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 69.52, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% 0.0856 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.171 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6244, 5.9094, 29.8530)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2797 #639727

analogous

#272B97 #5B2797 #932797

triadic

#5B2797 #975B27 #27975B

tetradic

#5B2797 #97272B #639727 #279793

square

#5B2797 #97272B #639727 #279793

split-complementary

#5B2797 #979327 #2B9727

monochromatic

#200E36 #3E1A66 #5B2797 #7834C8 #9862D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5B2797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B2797 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2797

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2797	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)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 39, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.171 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66b6',
    500: '#5b2797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2797;
$custom-light: #8f66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41013,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2797

secondary

#90BC5E

accent

#E24699

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2797

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

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