#5B2991#5B2991

#5B2991 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.162 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2991
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 145)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 43.59, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 65.26, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% 0.0847 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.162 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2169, 5.8543, 27.3743)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2991 #5F9129

analogous

#292B91 #5B2991 #8F2991

triadic

#5B2991 #915B29 #29915B

tetradic

#5B2991 #91292B #5F9129 #29918F

square

#5B2991 #91292B #5F9129 #29918F

split-complementary

#5B2991 #918F29 #2B9129

monochromatic

#1F0E32 #3D1C61 #5B2991 #7936C1 #9862D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#5B2991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B2991 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2991

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2991	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.162 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e67b2',
    500: '#5b2991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2991;
$custom-light: #8e67b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 55.914,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40761,
    "c": 0.16225,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2991

secondary

#8DB85D

accent

#DF4997

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2991

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

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