#5B2D9F#5B2D9F

#5B2D9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.173 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D9F
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 45.26, -54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 70.56, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.078 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.173 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5091, 6.6039, 33.4625)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D9F #719F2D

analogous

#2D389F #5B2D9F #942D9F

triadic

#5B2D9F #9F5B2D #2D9F5B

tetradic

#5B2D9F #9F2D38 #719F2D #2D9F94

square

#5B2D9F #9F2D38 #719F2D #2D9F94

split-complementary

#5B2D9F #9F942D #389F2D

monochromatic

#241240 #40206F #5B2D9F #7740C9 #9970D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#5B2D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5B2D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D9F

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D9F	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.173 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906abc',
    500: '#5b2d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d9f;
$custom-light: #906abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42427,
    "c": 0.17328,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D9F

secondary

#9CBE6A

accent

#DF49A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D9F

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

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