#5B2EA5#5B2EA5

#5B2EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.179 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EA5
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 46.37, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 73.21, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.0758 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.179 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0811, 6.8944, 36.2843)
Luminance	0.0689 (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

#5B2EA5 #78A52E

analogous

#2E3DA5 #5B2EA5 #972EA5

triadic

#5B2EA5 #A55B2E #2EA55B

tetradic

#5B2EA5 #A52E3D #78A52E #2EA597

square

#5B2EA5 #A52E3D #78A52E #2EA597

split-complementary

#5B2EA5 #A5972E #3DA52E

monochromatic

#261345 #412175 #5B2EA5 #7845CB #9B75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5B2EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B2EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EA5

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EA5	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.179 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bc1',
    500: '#5b2ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ea5;
$custom-light: #906bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.689,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43063,
    "c": 0.179,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EA5

secondary

#A1C06F

accent

#E048A6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EA5

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

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