#5B2188#5B2188

#5B2188 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.162 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2188
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 136)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 45.12, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 64.67, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0947 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.162 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3012, 5.0895, 23.7802)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2188 #4E8821

analogous

#272188 #5B2188 #882181

triadic

#5B2188 #885B21 #21885B

tetradic

#5B2188 #882721 #4E8821 #218188

square

#5B2188 #882721 #4E8821 #218188

split-complementary

#5B2188 #818821 #218827

monochromatic

#190925 #3A1557 #5B2188 #7C2DB9 #9A4FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#5B2188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B2188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2188

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2188	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.162 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ab',
    500: '#5b2188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2188;
$custom-light: #8e62ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.786,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3908,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2188

secondary

#7CB84D

accent

#E4448A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2188

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

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