#5B2CA5#5B2CA5

#5B2CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.181 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CA5
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 47.37, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 74.29, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.0777 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.181 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0048, 6.7418, 36.2588)
Luminance	0.0674 (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

#5B2CA5 #76A52C

analogous

#2C39A5 #5B2CA5 #972CA5

triadic

#5B2CA5 #A55B2C #2CA55B

tetradic

#5B2CA5 #A52C39 #76A52C #2CA597

square

#5B2CA5 #A52C39 #76A52C #2CA597

split-complementary

#5B2CA5 #A5972C #39A52C

monochromatic

#261244 #401F75 #5B2CA5 #7842CD #9A72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#5B2CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B2CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CA5

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CA5	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.181 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906ac1',
    500: '#5b2ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ca5;
$custom-light: #906ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.306,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42813,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CA5

secondary

#A0C16C

accent

#E147A5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CA5

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

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