#5B2F9F#5B2F9F

#5B2F9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.171 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2F9F
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 44.24, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 69.45, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.076 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.171 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5873, 6.7601, 33.4885)
Luminance	0.0676 (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

#5B2F9F #739F2F

analogous

#2F3B9F #5B2F9F #932F9F

triadic

#5B2F9F #9F5B2F #2F9F5B

tetradic

#5B2F9F #9F2F3B #739F2F #2F9F93

square

#5B2F9F #9F2F3B #739F2F #2F9F93

split-complementary

#5B2F9F #9F932F #3B9F2F

monochromatic

#251341 #402170 #5B2F9F #7744C8 #9A73D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#5B2F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B2F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2F9F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2F9F	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.171 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bbc',
    500: '#5b2f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2f9f;
$custom-light: #8f6bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42688,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2F9F

secondary

#9EBD6D

accent

#DE4AA4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2F9F

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

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