#5B2A97#5B2A97

#5B2A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.168 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2A97
RGB	rgb(91, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, 44.65, -51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 67.92, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.0826 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.168 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7269, 6.1143, 29.8872)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2A97 #66972A

analogous

#2A3097 #5B2A97 #912A97

triadic

#5B2A97 #975B2A #2A975B

tetradic

#5B2A97 #972A30 #66972A #2A9791

square

#5B2A97 #972A30 #66972A #2A9791

split-complementary

#5B2A97 #97912A #30972A

monochromatic

#210F37 #3E1D67 #5B2A97 #7837C7 #9867D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#5B2A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5B2A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2A97

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2A97	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.168 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68b6',
    500: '#5b2a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2a97;
$custom-light: #8f68b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41379,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2A97

secondary

#93BB62

accent

#E0489C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2A97

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

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