#5B2183#5B2183

#5B2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.157 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2183
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 43.91, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 62.05, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0956 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.157 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9541, 4.9507, 21.9522)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2183 #498321

analogous

#2A2183 #5B2183 #83217A

triadic

#5B2183 #835B21 #21835B

tetradic

#5B2183 #832A21 #498321 #217A83

square

#5B2183 #832A21 #498321 #217A83

split-complementary

#5B2183 #7A8321 #21832A

monochromatic

#170821 #391552 #5B2183 #7D2DB4 #9B4CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#5B2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5B2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2183

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2183	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.157 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62a8',
    500: '#5b2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2183;
$custom-light: #8e62a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38677,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2183

secondary

#76B54B

accent

#E34585

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2183

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

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