#5B2EB5#5B2EB5

#5B2EB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.197 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EB5
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 50.72, -63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 81.63, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.0722 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.197 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6295, 7.5138, 44.4393)
Luminance	0.0751 (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

#5B2EB5 #88B52E

analogous

#2E45B5 #5B2EB5 #9F2EB5

triadic

#5B2EB5 #B55B2E #2EB55B

tetradic

#5B2EB5 #B52E45 #88B52E #2EB59F

square

#5B2EB5 #B52E45 #88B52E #2EB59F

split-complementary

#5B2EB5 #B59F2E #45B52E

monochromatic

#2A1553 #422284 #5B2EB5 #7A4ED2 #9F7FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#5B2EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5B2EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EB5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EB5	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.197 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926bcc',
    500: '#5b2eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2eb5;
$custom-light: #926bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44468,
    "c": 0.19728,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EB5

secondary

#ADC778

accent

#E345AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EB5

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

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