#5B2BAE#5B2BAE

#5B2BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.193 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BAE
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 50.26, -61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 79.52, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.0764 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.193 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8161, 7.0075, 40.7135)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#5B2BAE #7EAE2B

analogous

#2B3CAE #5B2BAE #9D2BAE

triadic

#5B2BAE #AE5B2B #2BAE5B

tetradic

#5B2BAE #AE2B3C #7EAE2B #2BAE9D

square

#5B2BAE #AE2B3C #7EAE2B #2BAE9D

split-complementary

#5B2BAE #AE9D2B #3CAE2B

monochromatic

#28134C #411F7D #5B2BAE #7845D1 #9C76DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#5B2BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5B2BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BAE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BAE	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.193 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9269c7',
    500: '#5b2bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2bae;
$custom-light: #9269c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.985,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43486,
    "c": 0.19258,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BAE

secondary

#A6C570

accent

#E444A9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BAE

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

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