#5B2186#5B2186

#5B2186 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.160 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2186
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 134)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 44.63, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 63.62, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0951 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.16 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1604, 5.0332, 23.0386)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2186 #4C8621

analogous

#282186 #5B2186 #86217F

triadic

#5B2186 #865B21 #21865B

tetradic

#5B2186 #862821 #4C8621 #217F86

square

#5B2186 #862821 #4C8621 #217F86

split-complementary

#5B2186 #7F8621 #218628

monochromatic

#180924 #3A1555 #5B2186 #7C2DB7 #9B4ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#5B2186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B2186 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2186

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2186	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.160 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62aa',
    500: '#5b2186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2186;
$custom-light: #8e62aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.455,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38917,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2186

secondary

#7AB74C

accent

#E44488

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2186

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

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