#5B2CA1#5B2CA1

#5B2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.177 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CA1
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 46.30, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 72.17, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0786 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.177 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6464, 6.5985, 34.3713)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2CA1 #72A12C

analogous

#2C37A1 #5B2CA1 #962CA1

triadic

#5B2CA1 #A15B2C #2CA15B

tetradic

#5B2CA1 #A12C37 #72A12C #2CA196

square

#5B2CA1 #A12C37 #72A12C #2CA196

split-complementary

#5B2CA1 #A1962C #37A12C

monochromatic

#251241 #401F71 #5B2CA1 #7740CB #9970D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#5B2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5B2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CA1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CA1	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.177 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069be',
    500: '#5b2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ca1;
$custom-light: #9069be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4247,
    "c": 0.17678,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CA1

secondary

#9DBF6A

accent

#E047A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CA1

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

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