#5B2EA6#5B2EA6

#5B2EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.180 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EA6
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 46.64, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 73.74, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.0756 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.18 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1725, 6.9310, 36.7655)
Luminance	0.0693 (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

#5B2EA6 #79A62E

analogous

#2E3DA6 #5B2EA6 #972EA6

triadic

#5B2EA6 #A65B2E #2EA65B

tetradic

#5B2EA6 #A62E3D #79A62E #2EA697

square

#5B2EA6 #A62E3D #79A62E #2EA697

split-complementary

#5B2EA6 #A6972E #3DA62E

monochromatic

#261346 #412176 #5B2EA6 #7846CC #9B76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#5B2EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5B2EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EA6

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EA6	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.180 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bc1',
    500: '#5b2ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ea6;
$custom-light: #906bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43149,
    "c": 0.18016,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EA6

secondary

#A2C16F

accent

#E048A7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EA6

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

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