#5B2D9A#5B2D9A

#5B2D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.168 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D9A
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 43.93, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 67.88, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0789 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.168 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0840, 6.4338, 31.2235)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D9A #6C9A2D

analogous

#2D369A #5B2D9A #922D9A

triadic

#5B2D9A #9A5B2D #2D9A5B

tetradic

#5B2D9A #9A2D36 #6C9A2D #2D9A92

square

#5B2D9A #9A2D36 #6C9A2D #2D9A92

split-complementary

#5B2D9A #9A922D #369A2D

monochromatic

#23113B #3F1F6B #5B2D9A #773EC7 #996DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#5B2D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5B2D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D9A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D9A	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.168 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6ab9',
    500: '#5b2d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d9a;
$custom-light: #8f6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.321,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42011,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D9A

secondary

#98BB67

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D9A

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

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