#5B2B97#5B2B97

#5B2B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.167 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2B97
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 44.15, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 67.38, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0815 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.167 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7628, 6.1861, 29.8992)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2B97 #67972B

analogous

#2B3197 #5B2B97 #912B97

triadic

#5B2B97 #975B2B #2B975B

tetradic

#5B2B97 #972B31 #67972B #2B9791

square

#5B2B97 #972B31 #67972B #2B9791

split-complementary

#5B2B97 #97912B #31972B

monochromatic

#221038 #3E1D67 #5B2B97 #7839C7 #9868D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#5B2B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5B2B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2B97

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2B97	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.167 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68b6',
    500: '#5b2b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2b97;
$custom-light: #8f68b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41506,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2B97

secondary

#94BB63

accent

#DF499C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2B97

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

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