#5B2AAD#5B2AAD

#5B2AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.193 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2AAD
RGB	rgb(91, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 50.46, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 79.51, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.0775 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.193 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6831, 6.8968, 40.1900)
Luminance	0.0690 (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

#5B2AAD #7CAD2A

analogous

#2A3AAD #5B2AAD #9D2AAD

triadic

#5B2AAD #AD5B2A #2AAD5B

tetradic

#5B2AAD #AD2A3A #7CAD2A #2AAD9D

square

#5B2AAD #AD2A3A #7CAD2A #2AAD9D

split-complementary

#5B2AAD #AD9D2A #3AAD2A

monochromatic

#27124B #411E7C #5B2AAD #7843D1 #9B74DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5B2AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B2AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2AAD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2AAD	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.193 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169c6',
    500: '#5b2aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2aad;
$custom-light: #9169c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.443,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4328,
    "c": 0.19253,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2AAD

secondary

#A4C56E

accent

#E444A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2AAD

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

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