#5B2EA9#5B2EA9

#5B2EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.184 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EA9
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 47.46, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 75.33, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.075 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.184 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4509, 7.0423, 38.2317)
Luminance	0.0704 (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

#5B2EA9 #7CA92E

analogous

#2E3FA9 #5B2EA9 #982EA9

triadic

#5B2EA9 #A95B2E #2EA95B

tetradic

#5B2EA9 #A92E3F #7CA92E #2EA998

square

#5B2EA9 #A92E3F #7CA92E #2EA998

split-complementary

#5B2EA9 #A9982E #3FA92E

monochromatic

#271449 #412179 #5B2EA9 #7847CD #9B77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#5B2EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B2EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EA9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EA9	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.184 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bc4',
    500: '#5b2ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ea9;
$custom-light: #916bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43407,
    "c": 0.18361,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EA9

secondary

#A4C271

accent

#E047A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EA9

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

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