#5B2D9B#5B2D9B

#5B2D9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.169 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D9B
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 71%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 44.19, -52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 68.42, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.0787 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.169 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1676, 6.4673, 31.6639)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D9B #6D9B2D

analogous

#2D369B #5B2D9B #922D9B

triadic

#5B2D9B #9B5B2D #2D9B5B

tetradic

#5B2D9B #9B2D36 #6D9B2D #2D9B92

square

#5B2D9B #9B2D36 #6D9B2D #2D9B92

split-complementary

#5B2D9B #9B922D #369B2D

monochromatic

#23113C #3F1F6C #5B2D9B #773EC7 #996ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#5B2D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5B2D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D9B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D9B	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.169 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6ab9',
    500: '#5b2d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d9b;
$custom-light: #8f6ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42094,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D9B

secondary

#99BC68

accent

#DE49A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D9B

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

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