#5B2C9A#5B2C9A

#5B2C9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.169 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C9A
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, 44.44, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 68.43, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.0799 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.169 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0463, 6.3584, 31.2109)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C9A #6B9A2C

analogous

#2C349A #5B2C9A #922C9A

triadic

#5B2C9A #9A5B2C #2C9A5B

tetradic

#5B2C9A #9A2C34 #6B9A2C #2C9A92

square

#5B2C9A #9A2C34 #6B9A2C #2C9A92

split-complementary

#5B2C9A #9A922C #349A2C

monochromatic

#23113B #3F1E6A #5B2C9A #773CC7 #996CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#5B2C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5B2C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C9A

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C9A	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.169 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69b9',
    500: '#5b2c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c9a;
$custom-light: #8f69b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.636,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41882,
    "c": 0.16875,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C9A

secondary

#97BC66

accent

#DF499F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C9A

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

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