#5B2BA2#5B2BA2

#5B2BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.179 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BA2
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 47.06, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 73.23, 309.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.0793 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.179 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6981, 6.5603, 34.8253)
Luminance	0.0656 (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

#5B2BA2 #72A22B

analogous

#2B36A2 #5B2BA2 #972BA2

triadic

#5B2BA2 #A25B2B #2BA25B

tetradic

#5B2BA2 #A22B36 #72A22B #2BA297

square

#5B2BA2 #A22B36 #72A22B #2BA297

split-complementary

#5B2BA2 #A2972B #36A22B

monochromatic

#251141 #401E72 #5B2BA2 #773ECC #996FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#5B2BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B2BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BA2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BA2	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.179 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069be',
    500: '#5b2ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ba2;
$custom-light: #9069be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.202,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42432,
    "c": 0.17908,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BA2

secondary

#9DC069

accent

#E147A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BA2

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

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