#5B2997#5B2997

#5B2997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.169 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2997
RGB	rgb(91, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 45.14, -51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 68.46, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0836 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.169 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6918, 6.0443, 29.8755)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2997 #659729

analogous

#292E97 #5B2997 #922997

triadic

#5B2997 #975B29 #29975B

tetradic

#5B2997 #97292E #659729 #299792

square

#5B2997 #97292E #659729 #299792

split-complementary

#5B2997 #979229 #2E9729

monochromatic

#210F37 #3E1C67 #5B2997 #7836C7 #9865D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#5B2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5B2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2997

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2997	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.169 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67b6',
    500: '#5b2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2997;
$custom-light: #8f67b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41254,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2997

secondary

#92BB61

accent

#E1479B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2997

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

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