#5B2D99#5B2D99

#5B2D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.166 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D99
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 43.66, -51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 67.34, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.0791 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.166 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0011, 6.4007, 30.7867)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D99 #6B992D

analogous

#2D3599 #5B2D99 #912D99

triadic

#5B2D99 #995B2D #2D995B

tetradic

#5B2D99 #992D35 #6B992D #2D9991

square

#5B2D99 #992D35 #6B992D #2D9991

split-complementary

#5B2D99 #99912D #35992D

monochromatic

#23113A #3F1F6A #5B2D99 #773DC6 #996CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#5B2D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5B2D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D99

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D99	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.166 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6ab8',
    500: '#5b2d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d99;
$custom-light: #8f6ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41929,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D99

secondary

#97BB67

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D99

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

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