#5B2FA5#5B2FA5

#5B2FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.178 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2FA5
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 45.87, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 72.66, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.0748 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.178 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1206, 6.9735, 36.2974)
Luminance	0.0697 (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

#5B2FA5 #79A52F

analogous

#2F3EA5 #5B2FA5 #962FA5

triadic

#5B2FA5 #A55B2F #2FA55B

tetradic

#5B2FA5 #A52F3E #79A52F #2FA596

square

#5B2FA5 #A52F3E #79A52F #2FA596

split-complementary

#5B2FA5 #A5962F #3EA52F

monochromatic

#261446 #412175 #5B2FA5 #7847CB #9B76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#5B2FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5B2FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2FA5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2FA5	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.178 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bc1',
    500: '#5b2fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2fa5;
$custom-light: #906bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43192,
    "c": 0.17781,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2FA5

secondary

#A2C070

accent

#DF49A7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2FA5

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

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