#5B2191#5B2191

#5B2191 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.172 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2191
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 77.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.73, 47.31, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.73, 69.36, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0927 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.172 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9679, 5.3562, 27.2913)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2191 #579121

analogous

#232191 #5B2191 #91218F

triadic

#5B2191 #915B21 #21915B

tetradic

#5B2191 #912321 #579121 #218F91

square

#5B2191 #912321 #579121 #218F91

split-complementary

#5B2191 #8F9121 #219123

monochromatic

#1C0A2D #3C165F #5B2191 #7A2CC3 #9954D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#5B2191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B2191 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2191

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2191	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.172 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b2',
    500: '#5b2191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2191;
$custom-light: #8f63b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3983,
    "c": 0.17176,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2191

secondary

#85BC52

accent

#E64291

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2191

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

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