#5B2E97#5B2E97

#5B2E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.163 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E97
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 42.61, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 65.69, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0783 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.163 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8759, 6.4124, 29.9369)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E97 #6A972E

analogous

#2E3697 #5B2E97 #8F2E97

triadic

#5B2E97 #975B2E #2E975B

tetradic

#5B2E97 #972E36 #6A972E #2E978F

square

#5B2E97 #972E36 #6A972E #2E978F

split-complementary

#5B2E97 #978F2E #36972E

monochromatic

#221139 #3F2068 #5B2E97 #783EC4 #986DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#5B2E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5B2E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E97

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E97	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.163 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6ab6',
    500: '#5b2e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e97;
$custom-light: #8f6ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.419,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E97

secondary

#96BA67

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E97

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

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