#5B2C97#5B2C97

#5B2C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.165 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C97
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 43.65, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 66.82, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% 0.0805 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.165 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7996, 6.2597, 29.9114)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C97 #68972C

analogous

#2C3297 #5B2C97 #902C97

triadic

#5B2C97 #975B2C #2C975B

tetradic

#5B2C97 #972C32 #68972C #2C9790

square

#5B2C97 #972C32 #68972C #2C9790

split-complementary

#5B2C97 #97902C #32972C

monochromatic

#221038 #3E1E68 #5B2C97 #783AC6 #986AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#5B2C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5B2C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C97

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C97	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.165 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69b6',
    500: '#5b2c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c97;
$custom-light: #8f69b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.355,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41635,
    "c": 0.16529,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C97

secondary

#95BA65

accent

#DE4A9D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C97

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

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