#5B2AA3#5B2AA3

#5B2AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.181 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2AA3
RGB	rgb(91, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 47.80, -56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 74.28, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.08 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.181 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7515, 6.5242, 35.2834)
Luminance	0.0652 (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

#5B2AA3 #72A32A

analogous

#2A35A3 #5B2AA3 #982AA3

triadic

#5B2AA3 #A35B2A #2AA35B

tetradic

#5B2AA3 #A32A35 #72A32A #2AA398

square

#5B2AA3 #A32A35 #72A32A #2AA398

split-complementary

#5B2AA3 #A3982A #35A32A

monochromatic

#251142 #401D72 #5B2AA3 #773DCD #996EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#5B2AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B2AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2AA3

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2AA3	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.181 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068bf',
    500: '#5b2aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2aa3;
$custom-light: #9068bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.298,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42397,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2AA3

secondary

#9DC068

accent

#E246A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2AA3

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

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