#5B2E98#5B2E98

#5B2E98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.164 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E98
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 152)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 42.88, -50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 66.24, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.0782 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.164 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9574, 6.4450, 30.3664)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E98 #6B982E

analogous

#2E3698 #5B2E98 #902E98

triadic

#5B2E98 #985B2E #2E985B

tetradic

#5B2E98 #982E36 #6B982E #2E9890

square

#5B2E98 #982E36 #6B982E #2E9890

split-complementary

#5B2E98 #98902E #36982E

monochromatic

#23123A #3F2069 #5B2E98 #773EC5 #996DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#5B2E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5B2E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E98

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E98	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.164 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6ab7',
    500: '#5b2e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e98;
$custom-light: #8f6ab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41981,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E98

secondary

#97BA68

accent

#DD4B9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E98

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

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