#5B2CB5#5B2CB5

#5B2CB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.199 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2CB5
RGB	rgb(91, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 51.67, -64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 82.65, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.0738 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.199 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5532, 7.3612, 44.4138)
Luminance	0.0736 (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

#5B2CB5 #86B52C

analogous

#2C42B5 #5B2CB5 #A02CB5

triadic

#5B2CB5 #B55B2C #2CB55B

tetradic

#5B2CB5 #B52C42 #86B52C #2CB5A0

square

#5B2CB5 #B52C42 #86B52C #2CB5A0

split-complementary

#5B2CB5 #B5A02C #42B52C

monochromatic

#291453 #422084 #5B2CB5 #7A4BD3 #9E7CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#5B2CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5B2CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2CB5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2CB5	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.199 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926acc',
    500: '#5b2cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2cb5;
$custom-light: #926acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.584,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44234,
    "c": 0.19936,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2CB5

secondary

#ABC875

accent

#E444AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2CB5

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

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