#5B2A9A#5B2A9A

#5B2A9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.171 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2A9A
RGB	rgb(91, 42, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 72.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 45.43, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 69.52, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.082 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.171 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9736, 6.2130, 31.1867)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2A9A #699A2A

analogous

#2A319A #5B2A9A #932A9A

triadic

#5B2A9A #9A5B2A #2A9A5B

tetradic

#5B2A9A #9A2A31 #699A2A #2A9A93

square

#5B2A9A #9A2A31 #699A2A #2A9A93

split-complementary

#5B2A9A #9A932A #319A2A

monochromatic

#22103A #3F1D6A #5B2A9A #7838C9 #9868D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#5B2A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5B2A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2A9A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2A9A	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 42, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.171 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68b9',
    500: '#5b2a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2a9a;
$custom-light: #8f68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41629,
    "c": 0.17121,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2A9A

secondary

#95BC63

accent

#E0479D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2A9A

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

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