#5B2BAB#5B2BAB

#5B2BAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.189 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BAB
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 171)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 74.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 49.45, -60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 77.96, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.0772 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.189 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5269, 6.8918, 39.1904)
Luminance	0.0689 (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

#5B2BAB #7BAB2B

analogous

#2B3BAB #5B2BAB #9B2BAB

triadic

#5B2BAB #AB5B2B #2BAB5B

tetradic

#5B2BAB #AB2B3B #7BAB2B #2BAB9B

square

#5B2BAB #AB2B3B #7BAB2B #2BAB9B

split-complementary

#5B2BAB #AB9B2B #3BAB2B

monochromatic

#271249 #411F7A #5B2BAB #7843D0 #9B74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5B2BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B2BAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BAB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BAB	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.189 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169c5',
    500: '#5b2bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2bab;
$custom-light: #9169c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43218,
    "c": 0.18922,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BAB

secondary

#A4C46E

accent

#E345A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BAB

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

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