#5B2EA1#5B2EA1

#5B2EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.174 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EA1
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 45.29, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 71.08, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.0766 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.174 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7227, 6.7511, 34.3968)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#5B2EA1 #74A12E

analogous

#2E3AA1 #5B2EA1 #942EA1

triadic

#5B2EA1 #A15B2E #2EA15B

tetradic

#5B2EA1 #A12E3A #74A12E #2EA194

square

#5B2EA1 #A12E3A #74A12E #2EA194

split-complementary

#5B2EA1 #A1942E #3AA12E

monochromatic

#251342 #402071 #5B2EA1 #7743C9 #9A73D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#5B2EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B2EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EA1

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EA1	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.174 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bbe',
    500: '#5b2ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ea1;
$custom-light: #906bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EA1

secondary

#9EBE6C

accent

#DF49A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EA1

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

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