#5B2BB1#5B2BB1

#5B2BB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.196 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BB1
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 177)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 51.06, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 81.08, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0757 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.196 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1119, 7.1258, 42.2710)
Luminance	0.0713 (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

#5B2BB1 #81B12B

analogous

#2B3EB1 #5B2BB1 #9E2BB1

triadic

#5B2BB1 #B15B2B #2BB15B

tetradic

#5B2BB1 #B12B3E #81B12B #2BB19E

square

#5B2BB1 #B12B3E #81B12B #2BB19E

split-complementary

#5B2BB1 #B19E2B #3EB12B

monochromatic

#28134F #421F80 #5B2BB1 #7947D2 #9D78DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#5B2BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5B2BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BB1

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BB1	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.196 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926ac9',
    500: '#5b2bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2bb1;
$custom-light: #926ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.493,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43756,
    "c": 0.19593,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BB1

secondary

#A8C672

accent

#E444AB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BB1

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

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