#5B2E9C#5B2E9C

#5B2E9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.169 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E9C
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 43.95, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 68.39, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0775 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.169 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2906, 6.5782, 32.1209)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E9C #6F9C2E

analogous

#2E389C #5B2E9C #922E9C

triadic

#5B2E9C #9C5B2E #2E9C5B

tetradic

#5B2E9C #9C2E38 #6F9C2E #2E9C92

square

#5B2E9C #9C2E38 #6F9C2E #2E9C92

split-complementary

#5B2E9C #9C922E #389C2E

monochromatic

#24123D #3F206D #5B2E9C #7740C7 #9970D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5B2E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5B2E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E9C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E9C	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.169 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6aba',
    500: '#5b2e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e9c;
$custom-light: #8f6aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42308,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E9C

secondary

#9ABC6A

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E9C

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

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