#5B2DAB#5B2DAB

#5B2DAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.187 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2DAB
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 171)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 48.49, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 76.92, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.0754 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.187 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6014, 7.0408, 39.2152)
Luminance	0.0704 (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

#5B2DAB #7DAB2D

analogous

#2D3EAB #5B2DAB #9A2DAB

triadic

#5B2DAB #AB5B2D #2DAB5B

tetradic

#5B2DAB #AB2D3E #7DAB2D #2DAB9A

square

#5B2DAB #AB2D3E #7DAB2D #2DAB9A

split-complementary

#5B2DAB #AB9A2D #3EAB2D

monochromatic

#27144A #41207B #5B2DAB #7847CE #9C77DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#5B2DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B2DAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2DAB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2DAB	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.187 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916ac5',
    500: '#5b2dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2dab;
$custom-light: #916ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.905,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43458,
    "c": 0.18702,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2DAB

secondary

#A5C371

accent

#E246A9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2DAB

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

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