#5B2CA4#5B2CA4

#5B2CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.180 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CA4
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 47.10, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 73.76, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.0779 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.18 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9141, 6.7056, 35.7813)
Luminance	0.0671 (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

#5B2CA4 #75A42C

analogous

#2C39A4 #5B2CA4 #972CA4

triadic

#5B2CA4 #A45B2C #2CA45B

tetradic

#5B2CA4 #A42C39 #75A42C #2CA497

square

#5B2CA4 #A42C39 #75A42C #2CA497

split-complementary

#5B2CA4 #A4972C #39A42C

monochromatic

#251243 #401F74 #5B2CA4 #7841CC #9A71D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#5B2CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5B2CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CA4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CA4	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.180 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906ac0',
    500: '#5b2ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ca4;
$custom-light: #906ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42727,
    "c": 0.1802,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CA4

secondary

#9FC06B

accent

#E147A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CA4

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

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