#5B2994#5B2994

#5B2994 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.166 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2994
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 148)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 44.36, -50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 66.86, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% 0.0842 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.166 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4513, 5.9481, 28.6087)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2994 #629429

analogous

#292D94 #5B2994 #912994

triadic

#5B2994 #945B29 #29945B

tetradic

#5B2994 #94292D #629429 #299491

square

#5B2994 #94292D #629429 #299491

split-complementary

#5B2994 #949129 #2D9429

monochromatic

#200E34 #3E1C64 #5B2994 #7836C4 #9863D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#5B2994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B2994 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2994

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2994	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.166 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67b4',
    500: '#5b2994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2994;
$custom-light: #8f67b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 56.614,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41006,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2994

secondary

#8FBA5F

accent

#E04899

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2994

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

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