#5B2897#5B2897

#5B2897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.170 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2897
RGB	rgb(91, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, 45.63, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 68.99, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0846 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.17 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6577, 5.9760, 29.8641)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2897 #649728

analogous

#282C97 #5B2897 #932897

triadic

#5B2897 #975B28 #28975B

tetradic

#5B2897 #97282C #649728 #289793

square

#5B2897 #97282C #649728 #289793

split-complementary

#5B2897 #979328 #2C9728

monochromatic

#210E36 #3E1B67 #5B2897 #7835C7 #9864D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#5B2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2897

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2897	1.00	9.57	2.20	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.170 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67b6',
    500: '#5b2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2897;
$custom-light: #8f67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41133,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2897

secondary

#91BC5F

accent

#E1469A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2897

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

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