#5B2BA4#5B2BA4

#5B2BA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.181 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BA4
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 47.59, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 74.29, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.0789 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.181 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8773, 6.6320, 35.7691)
Luminance	0.0663 (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

#5B2BA4 #74A42B

analogous

#2B37A4 #5B2BA4 #972BA4

triadic

#5B2BA4 #A45B2B #2BA45B

tetradic

#5B2BA4 #A42B37 #74A42B #2BA497

square

#5B2BA4 #A42B37 #74A42B #2BA497

split-complementary

#5B2BA4 #A4972B #37A42B

monochromatic

#251243 #401E74 #5B2BA4 #773FCD #9A70D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#5B2BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B2BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BA4

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BA4	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.181 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069c0',
    500: '#5b2ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ba4;
$custom-light: #9069c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.802,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42604,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BA4

secondary

#9EC16A

accent

#E246A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BA4

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

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