#5B2F97#5B2F97

#5B2F97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.161 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F97
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 42.09, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 65.12, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0772 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.161 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9154, 6.4914, 29.9500)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F97 #6B972F

analogous

#2F3797 #5B2F97 #8F2F97

triadic

#5B2F97 #975B2F #2F975B

tetradic

#5B2F97 #972F37 #6B972F #2F978F

square

#5B2F97 #972F37 #6B972F #2F978F

split-complementary

#5B2F97 #978F2F #37972F

monochromatic

#23123A #3F2068 #5B2F97 #7740C3 #996ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#5B2F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B2F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F97

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F97	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.161 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6bb6',
    500: '#5b2f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f97;
$custom-light: #8e6bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42036,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F97

secondary

#97B968

accent

#DC4C9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F97

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

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