#5B2BB5#5B2BB5

#5B2BB5 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.200 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2BB5
RGB	rgb(91, 43, 181)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 76.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 52.13, -64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 83.15, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.0746 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.2 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5164, 7.2876, 44.4016)
Luminance	0.0729 (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

#5B2BB5 #85B52B

analogous

#2B40B5 #5B2BB5 #A02BB5

triadic

#5B2BB5 #B55B2B #2BB55B

tetradic

#5B2BB5 #B52B40 #85B52B #2BB5A0

square

#5B2BB5 #B52B40 #85B52B #2BB5A0

split-complementary

#5B2BB5 #B5A02B #40B52B

monochromatic

#291452 #421F84 #5B2BB5 #7A49D4 #9E7BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#5B2BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#5B2BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2BB5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2BB5	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D516F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 43, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.200 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926acc',
    500: '#5b2bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2bb5;
$custom-light: #926acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4412,
    "c": 0.20037,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2BB5

secondary

#ABC874

accent

#E543AC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2BB5

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

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