#5B2FA6#5B2FA6

#5B2FA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.179 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2FA6
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 46.14, -56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 73.19, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.0746 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.179 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2120, 7.0100, 36.7786)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#5B2FA6 #7AA62F

analogous

#2F3EA6 #5B2FA6 #972FA6

triadic

#5B2FA6 #A65B2F #2FA65B

tetradic

#5B2FA6 #A62F3E #7AA62F #2FA697

square

#5B2FA6 #A62F3E #7AA62F #2FA697

split-complementary

#5B2FA6 #A6972F #3EA62F

monochromatic

#271447 #412176 #5B2FA6 #7847CB #9B77D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#5B2FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5B2FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2FA6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2FA6	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.179 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bc1',
    500: '#5b2fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2fa6;
$custom-light: #906bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43277,
    "c": 0.17897,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2FA6

secondary

#A3C170

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2FA6

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

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