#5B2B9E#5B2B9E

#5B2B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.175 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2B9E
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 46.00, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 71.11, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.0802 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.175 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3482, 6.4203, 32.9825)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2B9E #6E9E2B

analogous

#2B359E #5B2B9E #952B9E

triadic

#5B2B9E #9E5B2B #2B9E5B

tetradic

#5B2B9E #9E2B35 #6E9E2B #2B9E95

square

#5B2B9E #9E2B35 #6E9E2B #2B9E95

split-complementary

#5B2B9E #9E952B #359E2B

monochromatic

#24113E #3F1E6E #5B2B9E #773CCA #996CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#5B2B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5B2B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2B9E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2B9E	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.175 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069bc',
    500: '#5b2b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2b9e;
$custom-light: #9069bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.043,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4209,
    "c": 0.17455,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2B9E

secondary

#9ABE67

accent

#E047A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2B9E

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

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