#5B2B9C#5B2B9C

#5B2B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.172 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B2B9C
RGBrgb(91, 43, 156)
HSLhsl(265, 57%, 39%)
HSVhsv(265, 72%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(41.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(30.28, 45.47, -53.29)
CIE-LCHlch(30.28, 70.05, 310.47°)
OKLaboklab(41.92% 0.0806 -0.1523)
OKLCHoklch(41.92% 0.172 297.9)
XYZxyz(11.1775, 6.3520, 32.0832)
Luminance0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B2B9C #6C9C2B
analogous
#2B339C #5B2B9C #942B9C
triadic
#5B2B9C #9C5B2B #2B9C5B
tetradic
#5B2B9C #9C2B33 #6C9C2B #2B9C94
square
#5B2B9C #9C2B33 #6C9C2B #2B9C94
split-complementary
#5B2B9C #9C942B #339C2B
monochromatic
#23113C #3F1E6C #5B2B9C #773BC9 #996BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25
#5B2B9C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27
#5B2B9C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2B9C
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B2B9C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B2B9C1.009.252.279.25
#FFFFFF9.251.0021.001.00
#0000002.2721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.251.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00489F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00469A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4B4760
Achromatopsia (no color)
#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b2b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.172 297.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69ba',
    500: '#5b2b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b2b9c;
$custom-light: #8f69ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b2b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41921,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B2B9C
secondary
#98BD66
accent
#E0489F
background
#F9F6FB
surface
#F1EBF6
border
#CBC6D0
text
#0D0612
muted
#7E7A81

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#5B2B9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva