#5B2FA8#5B2FA8

#5B2FA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.181 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2FA8
RGB	rgb(91, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 46.68, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 74.26, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.0742 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.181 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3969, 7.0840, 37.7524)
Luminance	0.0708 (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

#5B2FA8 #7CA82F

analogous

#2F40A8 #5B2FA8 #982FA8

triadic

#5B2FA8 #A85B2F #2FA85B

tetradic

#5B2FA8 #A82F40 #7CA82F #2FA898

square

#5B2FA8 #A82F40 #7CA82F #2FA898

split-complementary

#5B2FA8 #A8982F #40A82F

monochromatic

#271448 #412278 #5B2FA8 #7848CC #9B78D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#5B2FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#5B2FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2FA8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2FA8	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.181 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906bc3',
    500: '#5b2fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2fa8;
$custom-light: #906bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43448,
    "c": 0.18129,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2FA8

secondary

#A4C171

accent

#E048A9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2FA8

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

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