#5B2EA3#5B2EA3

#5B2EA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.177 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EA3
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 45.83, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 72.14, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.0762 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.177 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9005, 6.8222, 35.3330)
Luminance	0.0682 (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

#5B2EA3 #76A32E

analogous

#2E3BA3 #5B2EA3 #952EA3

triadic

#5B2EA3 #A35B2E #2EA35B

tetradic

#5B2EA3 #A32E3B #76A32E #2EA395

square

#5B2EA3 #A32E3B #76A32E #2EA395

split-complementary

#5B2EA3 #A3952E #3BA32E

monochromatic

#261344 #402173 #5B2EA3 #7844CA #9A74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#5B2EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5B2EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EA3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EA3	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.177 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bbf',
    500: '#5b2ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ea3;
$custom-light: #906bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42893,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EA3

secondary

#A0BF6D

accent

#DF49A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EA3

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

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