#5B2C9C#5B2C9C

#5B2C9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.171 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2C9C
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 44.97, -53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 69.50, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0796 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.171 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2143, 6.4256, 32.0955)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2C9C #6D9C2C

analogous

#2C359C #5B2C9C #932C9C

triadic

#5B2C9C #9C5B2C #2C9C5B

tetradic

#5B2C9C #9C2C35 #6D9C2C #2C9C93

square

#5B2C9C #9C2C35 #6D9C2C #2C9C93

split-complementary

#5B2C9C #9C932C #359C2C

monochromatic

#23113D #3F1F6C #5B2C9C #773DC8 #996DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#5B2C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5B2C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2C9C

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2C9C	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.171 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69ba',
    500: '#5b2c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2c9c;
$custom-light: #8f69ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42048,
    "c": 0.17105,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2C9C

secondary

#99BD67

accent

#DF49A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2C9C

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

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