#5B2EC9#5B2EC9

#5B2EC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.220 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2EC9
RGB	rgb(91, 46, 201)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 77.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.79, 56.17, -72.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.79, 91.87, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(46.32% 0.0668 -0.2092)
OKLCH	oklch(46.32% 0.22 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8309, 8.3944, 56.0331)
Luminance	0.0839 (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

#5B2EC9 #9CC92E

analogous

#2E4FC9 #5B2EC9 #A82EC9

triadic

#5B2EC9 #C95B2E #2EC95B

tetradic

#5B2EC9 #C92E4F #9CC92E #2EC9A8

square

#5B2EC9 #C92E4F #9CC92E #2EC9A8

split-complementary

#5B2EC9 #C9A82E #4FC92E

monochromatic

#2E1765 #442397 #5B2EC9 #805BD9 #A68DE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#5B2EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#5B2EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2EC9

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2EC9	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 46, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.220 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#956cdb',
    500: '#5b2ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2ec9;
$custom-light: #956cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46319,
    "c": 0.2196,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2EC9

secondary

#B9CF84

accent

#E642B6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0F0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2EC9

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

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