#5B2EAD#5B2EAD

#5B2EAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.188 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EAD
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 173)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 48.54, -60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 77.44, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0741 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.188 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8321, 7.1949, 40.2397)
Luminance	0.0720 (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

#5B2EAD #80AD2E

analogous

#2E40AD #5B2EAD #9A2EAD

triadic

#5B2EAD #AD5B2E #2EAD5B

tetradic

#5B2EAD #AD2E40 #80AD2E #2EAD9A

square

#5B2EAD #AD2E40 #80AD2E #2EAD9A

split-complementary

#5B2EAD #AD9A2E #40AD2E

monochromatic

#28144C #42217D #5B2EAD #7949CF #9C7ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#5B2EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5B2EAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EAD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EAD	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.188 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bc6',
    500: '#5b2ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ead;
$custom-light: #916bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.26,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43756,
    "c": 0.18819,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EAD

secondary

#A7C473

accent

#E147AA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EAD

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

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