#5B2CB3#5B2CB3

#5B2CB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.197 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CB3
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 51.13, -63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 81.61, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.0743 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.197 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.3495, 7.2797, 43.3408)
Luminance	0.0728 (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

#5B2CB3 #84B32C

analogous

#2C40B3 #5B2CB3 #9E2CB3

triadic

#5B2CB3 #B35B2C #2CB35B

tetradic

#5B2CB3 #B32C40 #84B32C #2CB39E

square

#5B2CB3 #B32C40 #84B32C #2CB39E

split-complementary

#5B2CB3 #B39E2C #40B32C

monochromatic

#291451 #422082 #5B2CB3 #794AD2 #9E7BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#5B2CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#5B2CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CB3

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CB3	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E516E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.197 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926acb',
    500: '#5b2cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2cb3;
$custom-light: #926acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.889,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44052,
    "c": 0.19712,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CB3

secondary

#AAC774

accent

#E444AC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CB3

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

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