#5B2EA4#5B2EA4

#5B2EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.178 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EA4
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 46.10, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 72.68, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.076 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.178 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9904, 6.8582, 35.8068)
Luminance	0.0686 (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

#5B2EA4 #77A42E

analogous

#2E3CA4 #5B2EA4 #962EA4

triadic

#5B2EA4 #A45B2E #2EA45B

tetradic

#5B2EA4 #A42E3C #77A42E #2EA496

square

#5B2EA4 #A42E3C #77A42E #2EA496

split-complementary

#5B2EA4 #A4962E #3CA42E

monochromatic

#261344 #402174 #5B2EA4 #7845CB #9A74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#5B2EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5B2EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EA4

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EA4	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.178 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bc0',
    500: '#5b2ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ea4;
$custom-light: #906bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.881,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42978,
    "c": 0.17785,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EA4

secondary

#A1C06E

accent

#DF48A6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EA4

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

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