#5B2181#5B2181

#5B2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.155 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2181
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 43.44, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 61.00, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.096 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.155 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8199, 4.8970, 21.2452)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2181 #478121

analogous

#2B2181 #5B2181 #812177

triadic

#5B2181 #815B21 #21815B

tetradic

#5B2181 #812B21 #478121 #217781

square

#5B2181 #812B21 #478121 #217781

split-complementary

#5B2181 #778121 #21812B

monochromatic

#160820 #391550 #5B2181 #7D2DB2 #9C4BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#5B2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2181

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2181	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.155 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a6',
    500: '#5b2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2181;
$custom-light: #8d62a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38518,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2181

secondary

#74B44A

accent

#E24584

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2181

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

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