#5B2D9C#5B2D9C

#5B2D9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.170 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D9C
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 44.46, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 68.95, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.0785 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.17 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2520, 6.5010, 32.1080)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D9C #6E9C2D

analogous

#2D369C #5B2D9C #932D9C

triadic

#5B2D9C #9C5B2D #2D9C5B

tetradic

#5B2D9C #9C2D36 #6E9C2D #2D9C93

square

#5B2D9C #9C2D36 #6E9C2D #2D9C93

split-complementary

#5B2D9C #9C932D #369C2D

monochromatic

#24123D #3F1F6D #5B2D9C #773FC8 #996ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#5B2D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B2D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D9C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D9C	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.170 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6aba',
    500: '#5b2d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d9c;
$custom-light: #8f6aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.865,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42177,
    "c": 0.16981,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D9C

secondary

#9ABC68

accent

#DF49A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D9C

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

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