#5B2F9E#5B2F9E

#5B2F9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.170 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F9E
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 43.97, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 68.91, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.0761 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.17 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5008, 6.7256, 33.0333)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2F9E #729E2F

analogous

#2F3A9E #5B2F9E #922F9E

triadic

#5B2F9E #9E5B2F #2F9E5B

tetradic

#5B2F9E #9E2F3A #729E2F #2F9E92

square

#5B2F9E #9E2F3A #729E2F #2F9E92

split-complementary

#5B2F9E #9E922F #3A9E2F

monochromatic

#251340 #40216F #5B2F9E #7743C7 #9972D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#5B2F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B2F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F9E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F9E	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.170 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bbb',
    500: '#5b2f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f9e;
$custom-light: #8f6bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42606,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F9E

secondary

#9DBD6C

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F9E

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

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