#5B2B9F#5B2B9F

#5B2B9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.176 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2B9F
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 46.26, -54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 71.64, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.0799 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.176 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4346, 6.4549, 33.4376)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2B9F #6F9F2B

analogous

#2B359F #5B2B9F #952B9F

triadic

#5B2B9F #9F5B2B #2B9F5B

tetradic

#5B2B9F #9F2B35 #6F9F2B #2B9F95

square

#5B2B9F #9F2B35 #6F9F2B #2B9F95

split-complementary

#5B2B9F #9F952B #359F2B

monochromatic

#24113F #3F1E6F #5B2B9F #773DCA #996DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#5B2B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5B2B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2B9F

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2B9F	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.176 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069bc',
    500: '#5b2b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2b9f;
$custom-light: #9069bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42175,
    "c": 0.17568,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2B9F

secondary

#9ABE67

accent

#E147A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2B9F

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

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