#5B2EA8#5B2EA8

#5B2EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.182 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EA8
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 47.19, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 74.80, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0752 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.182 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3573, 7.0049, 37.7392)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#5B2EA8 #7BA82E

analogous

#2E3EA8 #5B2EA8 #982EA8

triadic

#5B2EA8 #A85B2E #2EA85B

tetradic

#5B2EA8 #A82E3E #7BA82E #2EA898

square

#5B2EA8 #A82E3E #7BA82E #2EA898

split-complementary

#5B2EA8 #A8982E #3EA82E

monochromatic

#271448 #412178 #5B2EA8 #7847CD #9B77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#5B2EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5B2EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EA8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EA8	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.182 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bc3',
    500: '#5b2ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ea8;
$custom-light: #916bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.131,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43321,
    "c": 0.18245,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EA8

secondary

#A4C270

accent

#E048A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EA8

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

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