#5B2E95#5B2E95

#5B2E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.160 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E95
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 42.08, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 64.61, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.0786 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.16 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7148, 6.3479, 29.0887)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E95 #68952E

analogous

#2E3495 #5B2E95 #8F2E95

triadic

#5B2E95 #955B2E #2E955B

tetradic

#5B2E95 #952E34 #68952E #2E958F

square

#5B2E95 #952E34 #68952E #2E958F

split-complementary

#5B2E95 #958F2E #34952E

monochromatic

#221137 #3E2066 #5B2E95 #783DC3 #986CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#5B2E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5B2E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E95

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E95	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.160 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ab5',
    500: '#5b2e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e95;
$custom-light: #8e6ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.214,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41739,
    "c": 0.16036,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E95

secondary

#95B966

accent

#DC4C9D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E95

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