#5B2F9D#5B2F9D

#5B2F9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.168 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F9D
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 70.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 43.70, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 68.37, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0763 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.168 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4151, 6.6913, 32.5819)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F9D #719D2F

analogous

#2F3A9D #5B2F9D #922F9D

triadic

#5B2F9D #9D5B2F #2F9D5B

tetradic

#5B2F9D #9D2F3A #719D2F #2F9D92

square

#5B2F9D #9D2F3A #719D2F #2F9D92

split-complementary

#5B2F9D #9D922F #3A9D2F

monochromatic

#24133F #40216E #5B2F9D #7743C7 #9972D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#5B2F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5B2F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F9D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F9D	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.168 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bbb',
    500: '#5b2f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f9d;
$custom-light: #8f6bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 53.922,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42523,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F9D

secondary

#9CBC6B

accent

#DD4BA3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F9D

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

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