#5B2DB1#5B2DB1

#5B2DB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.194 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2DB1
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 177)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 50.11, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 80.06, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.074 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.194 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.1864, 7.2748, 42.2958)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2DB1 #83B12D

analogous

#2D41B1 #5B2DB1 #9D2DB1

triadic

#5B2DB1 #B15B2D #2DB15B

tetradic

#5B2DB1 #B12D41 #83B12D #2DB19D

square

#5B2DB1 #B12D41 #83B12D #2DB19D

split-complementary

#5B2DB1 #B19D2D #41B12D

monochromatic

#29144F #422180 #5B2DB1 #794AD1 #9D7BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#5B2DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5B2DB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2DB1

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2DB1	1.00	8.55	2.45	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.194 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926bc9',
    500: '#5b2db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2db1;
$custom-light: #926bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.909,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4399,
    "c": 0.19382,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2DB1

secondary

#A9C674

accent

#E345AC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2DB1

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

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