#5B2BB3#5B2BB3

#5B2BB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.198 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BB3
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 51.60, -63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 82.12, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.0751 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.198 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3127, 7.2061, 43.3286)
Luminance	0.0721 (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

#5B2BB3 #83B32B

analogous

#2B3FB3 #5B2BB3 #9F2BB3

triadic

#5B2BB3 #B35B2B #2BB35B

tetradic

#5B2BB3 #B32B3F #83B32B #2BB39F

square

#5B2BB3 #B32B3F #83B32B #2BB39F

split-complementary

#5B2BB3 #B39F2B #3FB32B

monochromatic

#291350 #421F82 #5B2BB3 #7948D3 #9D79DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#5B2BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5B2BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BB3

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BB3	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.198 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926acb',
    500: '#5b2bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2bb3;
$custom-light: #926acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43937,
    "c": 0.19816,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BB3

secondary

#A9C773

accent

#E443AC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BB3

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

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