#5B2BA5#5B2BA5

#5B2BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.182 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BA5
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 47.85, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 74.82, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.0786 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.182 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9680, 6.6682, 36.2465)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#5B2BA5 #75A52B

analogous

#2B38A5 #5B2BA5 #982BA5

triadic

#5B2BA5 #A55B2B #2BA55B

tetradic

#5B2BA5 #A52B38 #75A52B #2BA598

square

#5B2BA5 #A52B38 #75A52B #2BA598

split-complementary

#5B2BA5 #A5982B #38A52B

monochromatic

#251244 #401E74 #5B2BA5 #7840CD #9A71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#5B2BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B2BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BA5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BA5	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.182 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069c1',
    500: '#5b2ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ba5;
$custom-light: #9069c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.607,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42691,
    "c": 0.18248,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BA5

secondary

#9FC16B

accent

#E246A5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BA5

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

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