#5B2EB2#5B2EB2

#5B2EB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.194 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EB2
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 178)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 49.90, -62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 80.07, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.0729 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.194 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.3250, 7.3920, 42.8356)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.14

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2EB2 #85B22E

analogous

#2E43B2 #5B2EB2 #9D2EB2

triadic

#5B2EB2 #B25B2E #2EB25B

tetradic

#5B2EB2 #B22E43 #85B22E #2EB29D

square

#5B2EB2 #B22E43 #85B22E #2EB29D

split-complementary

#5B2EB2 #B29D2E #43B22E

monochromatic

#291551 #422181 #5B2EB2 #7A4CD1 #9E7DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#5B2EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#5B2EB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EB2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EB2	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F516E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.194 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926bca',
    500: '#5b2eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2eb2;
$custom-light: #926bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44199,
    "c": 0.19388,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EB2

secondary

#ABC676

accent

#E246AD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EB2

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

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