#5B2184#5B2184

#5B2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.158 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2184
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 44.15, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 62.57, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0954 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.158 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0222, 4.9779, 22.3109)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2184 #4A8421

analogous

#2A2184 #5B2184 #84217B

triadic

#5B2184 #845B21 #21845B

tetradic

#5B2184 #842A21 #4A8421 #217B84

square

#5B2184 #842A21 #4A8421 #217B84

split-complementary

#5B2184 #7B8421 #21842A

monochromatic

#170922 #391553 #5B2184 #7D2DB5 #9B4DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#5B2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5B2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2184

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2184	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.158 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62a8',
    500: '#5b2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2184;
$custom-light: #8e62a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.152,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38757,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2184

secondary

#77B64B

accent

#E34586

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2184

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

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