#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
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 45.47, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 70.05, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0806 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.172 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1775, 6.3520, 32.0832)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##5B2B9C	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2B9C

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

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