#5B2CB1#5B2CB1

#5B2CB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.195 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CB1
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, 50.59, -62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 80.58, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.0748 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.195 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1487, 7.1994, 42.2833)
Luminance	0.0720 (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

#5B2CB1 #82B12C

analogous

#2C3FB1 #5B2CB1 #9D2CB1

triadic

#5B2CB1 #B15B2C #2CB15B

tetradic

#5B2CB1 #B12C3F #82B12C #2CB19D

square

#5B2CB1 #B12C3F #82B12C #2CB19D

split-complementary

#5B2CB1 #B19D2C #3FB12C

monochromatic

#29144F #422080 #5B2CB1 #7949D2 #9D7ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#5B2CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5B2CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CB1

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CB1	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.195 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926ac9',
    500: '#5b2cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2cb1;
$custom-light: #926ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43872,
    "c": 0.19489,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CB1

secondary

#A9C673

accent

#E344AB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CB1

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

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