#5B2193#5B2193

#5B2193 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.174 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2193
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 147)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.89, 47.81, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.89, 70.39, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0922 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.174 302)
XYZ	xyz(10.1234, 5.4184, 28.1106)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2193 #599321

analogous

#222193 #5B2193 #932192

triadic

#5B2193 #935B21 #21935B

tetradic

#5B2193 #932221 #599321 #219293

square

#5B2193 #932221 #599321 #219293

split-complementary

#5B2193 #929321 #219322

monochromatic

#1D0B2F #3C1661 #5B2193 #7A2CC5 #9855D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#5B2193 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B2193 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2193

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2193	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2193	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2193;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.174 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b4',
    500: '#5b2193',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2193;
$custom-light: #8f63b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2193",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40001,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2193

secondary

#87BD53

accent

#E64192

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2193

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

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