#5B2E9E#5B2E9E

#5B2E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.171 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E9E
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 44.49, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 69.47, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0772 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.171 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4613, 6.6465, 33.0202)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E9E #719E2E

analogous

#2E399E #5B2E9E #932E9E

triadic

#5B2E9E #9E5B2E #2E9E5B

tetradic

#5B2E9E #9E2E39 #719E2E #2E9E93

square

#5B2E9E #9E2E39 #719E2E #2E9E93

split-complementary

#5B2E9E #9E932E #399E2E

monochromatic

#24123F #40206F #5B2E9E #7741C8 #9971D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#5B2E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B2E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E9E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E9E	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.171 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6abb',
    500: '#5b2e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e9e;
$custom-light: #8f6abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42473,
    "c": 0.17089,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E9E

secondary

#9CBD6B

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E9E

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

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