#5B2AB5#5B2AB5

#5B2AB5 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.201 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2AB5
RGB	rgb(91, 42, 181)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 52.59, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 83.64, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.0754 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.201 292)
XYZ	xyz(13.4805, 7.2158, 44.3896)
Luminance	0.0722 (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

#5B2AB5 #84B52A

analogous

#2A3EB5 #5B2AB5 #A02AB5

triadic

#5B2AB5 #B55B2A #2AB55B

tetradic

#5B2AB5 #B52A3E #84B52A #2AB5A0

square

#5B2AB5 #B52A3E #84B52A #2AB5A0

split-complementary

#5B2AB5 #B5A02A #3EB52A

monochromatic

#291352 #421E83 #5B2AB5 #7948D4 #9E79E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#5B2AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5B2AB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2AB5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2AB5	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D516E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 42, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.201 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9369cc',
    500: '#5b2ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ab5;
$custom-light: #9369cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.151,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44008,
    "c": 0.20137,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.07216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2AB5

secondary

#AAC873

accent

#E542AC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2AB5

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

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