#5B2EB9#5B2EB9

#5B2EB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.202 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EB9
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 185)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 51.81, -65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 83.70, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.0711 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.202 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0458, 7.6803, 46.6319)
Luminance	0.0768 (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

#5B2EB9 #8CB92E

analogous

#2E47B9 #5B2EB9 #A02EB9

triadic

#5B2EB9 #B95B2E #2EB95B

tetradic

#5B2EB9 #B92E47 #8CB92E #2EB9A0

square

#5B2EB9 #B92E47 #8CB92E #2EB9A0

split-complementary

#5B2EB9 #B9A02E #47B92E

monochromatic

#2B1657 #432288 #5B2EB9 #7B51D4 #A082E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#5B2EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5B2EB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EB9

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EB9	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.202 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936ccf',
    500: '#5b2eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2eb9;
$custom-light: #936ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.424,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4483,
    "c": 0.20178,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EB9

secondary

#AFC97A

accent

#E344B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EB9

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