#5B2E9F#5B2E9F

#5B2E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.172 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2E9F
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 44.75, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 70.00, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.077 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.172 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5477, 6.6811, 33.4753)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2E9F #729F2E

analogous

#2E399F #5B2E9F #942E9F

triadic

#5B2E9F #9F5B2E #2E9F5B

tetradic

#5B2E9F #9F2E39 #729F2E #2E9F94

square

#5B2E9F #9F2E39 #729F2E #2E9F94

split-complementary

#5B2E9F #9F942E #399F2E

monochromatic

#251340 #402070 #5B2E9F #7742C8 #9971D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#5B2E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5B2E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2E9F

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2E9F	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.172 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6abc',
    500: '#5b2e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2e9f;
$custom-light: #8f6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.894,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42557,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2E9F

secondary

#9DBE6B

accent

#DE49A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2E9F

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

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