#5B2B95#5B2B95

#5B2B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.164 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2B95
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 149)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 43.63, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 66.31, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.0819 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.164 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6017, 6.1217, 29.0510)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2B95 #65952B

analogous

#2B3095 #5B2B95 #902B95

triadic

#5B2B95 #955B2B #2B955B

tetradic

#5B2B95 #952B30 #65952B #2B9590

square

#5B2B95 #952B30 #65952B #2B9590

split-complementary

#5B2B95 #95902B #30952B

monochromatic

#211036 #3E1D66 #5B2B95 #7839C4 #9867D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#5B2B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5B2B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2B95

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2B95	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.164 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68b5',
    500: '#5b2b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2b95;
$custom-light: #8f68b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41342,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2B95

secondary

#92BA62

accent

#DF499B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2B95

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

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