#5B2DB3#5B2DB3

#5B2DB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.196 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2DB3
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 74.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 50.66, -63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 81.10, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.0735 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.196 292)
XYZ	xyz(13.3872, 7.3551, 43.3534)
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

#5B2DB3 #85B32D

analogous

#2D42B3 #5B2DB3 #9E2DB3

triadic

#5B2DB3 #B35B2D #2DB35B

tetradic

#5B2DB3 #B32D42 #85B32D #2DB39E

square

#5B2DB3 #B32D42 #85B32D #2DB39E

split-complementary

#5B2DB3 #B39E2D #42B32D

monochromatic

#291451 #422182 #5B2DB3 #7A4BD2 #9E7CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#5B2DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5B2DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2DB3

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2DB3	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E516E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.196 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926bcb',
    500: '#5b2db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2db3;
$custom-light: #926bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.597,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44169,
    "c": 0.19608,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.07356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2DB3

secondary

#ABC775

accent

#E345AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2DB3

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

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