#5B2CA2#5B2CA2

#5B2CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.178 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CA2
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 46.56, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 72.70, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0784 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.178 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7349, 6.6339, 34.8376)
Luminance	0.0663 (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

#5B2CA2 #73A22C

analogous

#2C38A2 #5B2CA2 #962CA2

triadic

#5B2CA2 #A25B2C #2CA25B

tetradic

#5B2CA2 #A22C38 #73A22C #2CA296

square

#5B2CA2 #A22C38 #73A22C #2CA296

split-complementary

#5B2CA2 #A2962C #38A22C

monochromatic

#251242 #401F72 #5B2CA2 #7740CB #9A70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#5B2CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B2CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CA2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CA2	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.178 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069be',
    500: '#5b2ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ca2;
$custom-light: #9069be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.898,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42555,
    "c": 0.17792,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CA2

secondary

#9EBF6A

accent

#E147A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CA2

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

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