#5B2DAE#5B2DAE

#5B2DAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.190 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2DAE
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 49.30, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 78.50, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.0747 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.19 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8906, 7.1565, 40.7383)
Luminance	0.0716 (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

#5B2DAE #80AE2D

analogous

#2D40AE #5B2DAE #9B2DAE

triadic

#5B2DAE #AE5B2D #2DAE5B

tetradic

#5B2DAE #AE2D40 #80AE2D #2DAE9B

square

#5B2DAE #AE2D40 #80AE2D #2DAE9B

split-complementary

#5B2DAE #AE9B2D #40AE2D

monochromatic

#28144D #42207D #5B2DAE #7948D0 #9C79DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#5B2DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5B2DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2DAE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2DAE	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.190 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bc7',
    500: '#5b2dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2dae;
$custom-light: #916bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.395,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43723,
    "c": 0.19043,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2DAE

secondary

#A7C472

accent

#E246AA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2DAE

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

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