Color reference

Colormapped Violet #5B5CF0

Colormapped Violet is the site’s primary brand accent: a saturated cool violet used for actions and focus states.

Colormapped Violet is a curated Colormapped reference at #5B5CF0; it is not presented as a CSS named-color keyword.

Colormapped Violet #5B5CF0 4.96:1 with white text

Color values

HEX#5B5CF0
RGBrgb(91, 92, 240)
HSLhsl(240 83% 65%)
HSV240°, 62%, 94%
CMYK62%, 62%, 0%, 6%

HEX/RGB/HSL/HSV are deterministic sRGB representations. CMYK here is a mathematical approximation, not a printer-profile conversion.

Black or white text?

Black text 4.23:1 — AA normal text fails
White text 4.96:1 — AA normal text passes

AA normal text: black fails; white passes.

AA large text: black passes; white passes.

WCAG contrast thresholds use 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Do not round a near-threshold result upward when testing conformance.

Tints and shades of Colormapped Violet

These steps are computed by RGB-mixing #5B5CF0 toward white or black. They are generated values, not official named colors.

80% tint #DEDEFC
60% tint #BDBEF9
40% tint #9D9DF6
20% tint #7C7DF3
Base #5B5CF0
20% shade #494AC0
40% shade #373790
60% shade #242560
80% shade #121230

Need more control? Use the Tints and Shades Generator or Lighten / Darken tool.

CSS usage

.example {
  color: #FFFFFF;
  background-color: #5B5CF0;
}

Source and method

The base HEX value is a curated Colormapped reference. Derived RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, contrast, tint, and shade values are computed from that HEX value.

Contrast uses the W3C relative-luminance formula and thresholds described in WCAG Contrast (Minimum).

Useful next steps

Convert #5B5CF0 with the HEX to RGB converter, test another foreground/background pair in the Contrast Checker, or browse the shade families.