#5B2D9E#5B2D9E

#5B2D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.172 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D9E
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 45.00, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 70.02, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.0782 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.172 297)
XYZ	xyz(11.4227, 6.5693, 33.0073)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D9E #709E2D

analogous

#2D379E #5B2D9E #942D9E

triadic

#5B2D9E #9E5B2D #2D9E5B

tetradic

#5B2D9E #9E2D37 #709E2D #2D9E94

square

#5B2D9E #9E2D37 #709E2D #2D9E94

split-complementary

#5B2D9E #9E942D #379E2D

monochromatic

#24123F #401F6E #5B2D9E #7740C9 #996FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#5B2D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B2D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D9E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D9E	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.172 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6abc',
    500: '#5b2d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d9e;
$custom-light: #8f6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.425,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42343,
    "c": 0.17212,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.0657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D9E

secondary

#9BBD69

accent

#DF49A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D9E

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

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