#5B2185#5B2185

#5B2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.159 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2185
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 44.39, -44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 63.10, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0953 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.159 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0910, 5.0054, 22.6730)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2185 #4B8521

analogous

#292185 #5B2185 #85217D

triadic

#5B2185 #855B21 #21855B

tetradic

#5B2185 #852921 #4B8521 #217D85

square

#5B2185 #852921 #4B8521 #217D85

split-complementary

#5B2185 #7D8521 #218529

monochromatic

#180923 #391554 #5B2185 #7D2DB6 #9B4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5B2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5B2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2185

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2185	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.159 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62a9',
    500: '#5b2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2185;
$custom-light: #8e62a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38837,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2185

secondary

#78B64C

accent

#E34487

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2185

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

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