#5B2189#5B2189

#5B2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.163 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2189
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 45.36, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 65.19, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0945 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.163 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3726, 5.1181, 24.1562)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2189 #4F8921

analogous

#272189 #5B2189 #892183

triadic

#5B2189 #895B21 #21895B

tetradic

#5B2189 #892721 #4F8921 #218389

square

#5B2189 #892721 #4F8921 #218389

split-complementary

#5B2189 #838921 #218927

monochromatic

#190926 #3A1558 #5B2189 #7C2DBA #9A50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#5B2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2189

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2189	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.163 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ac',
    500: '#5b2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2189;
$custom-light: #8e62ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39162,
    "c": 0.16329,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2189

secondary

#7DB84E

accent

#E4448B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2189

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

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