#5B2B9A#5B2B9A

#5B2B9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.170 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2B9A
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 44.94, -52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 68.98, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.081 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.17 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0095, 6.2848, 31.1986)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2B9A #6A9A2B

analogous

#2B329A #5B2B9A #922B9A

triadic

#5B2B9A #9A5B2B #2B9A5B

tetradic

#5B2B9A #9A2B32 #6A9A2B #2B9A92

square

#5B2B9A #9A2B32 #6A9A2B #2B9A92

split-complementary

#5B2B9A #9A922B #329A2B

monochromatic

#22103A #3F1E6A #5B2B9A #783AC8 #986AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#5B2B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5B2B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2B9A

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2B9A	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.170 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69b9',
    500: '#5b2b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2b9a;
$custom-light: #8f69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41754,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2B9A

secondary

#96BC65

accent

#E0489E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2B9A

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

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