#5B2096#5B2096

#5B2096 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.178 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2096
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.00, 48.97, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.00, 72.41, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0923 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.178 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3346, 5.4591, 29.3575)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2096 #5B9620

analogous

#202096 #5B2096 #962096

triadic

#5B2096 #965B20 #20965B

tetradic

#5B2096 #962020 #5B9620 #209696

square

#5B2096 #962020 #5B9620 #209696

split-complementary

#5B2096 #969620 #209620

monochromatic

#1E0A31 #3C1564 #5B2096 #7A2BC8 #9856DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#5B2096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B2096 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2096

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2096	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.178 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b6',
    500: '#5b2096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2096;
$custom-light: #8f63b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.835,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40158,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2096

secondary

#89BE53

accent

#E84094

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2096

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

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