#5B2BA3#5B2BA3

#5B2BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.180 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BA3
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 163)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 47.32, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 73.76, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0791 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.18 296)
XYZ	xyz(11.7874, 6.5960, 35.2953)
Luminance	0.0660 (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

#5B2BA3 #73A32B

analogous

#2B37A3 #5B2BA3 #972BA3

triadic

#5B2BA3 #A35B2B #2BA35B

tetradic

#5B2BA3 #A32B37 #73A32B #2BA397

square

#5B2BA3 #A32B37 #73A32B #2BA397

split-complementary

#5B2BA3 #A3972B #37A32B

monochromatic

#251142 #401E73 #5B2BA3 #773FCC #9A6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#5B2BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5B2BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BA3

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BA3	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.180 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069bf',
    500: '#5b2ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ba3;
$custom-light: #9069bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42518,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.06596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BA3

secondary

#9EC06A

accent

#E146A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BA3

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

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