#5B2195#5B2195

#5B2195 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.176 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2195
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 149)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.07, 48.30, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.07, 71.43, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0917 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.176 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2817, 5.4817, 28.9443)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2195 #5B9521

analogous

#212195 #5B2195 #952195

triadic

#5B2195 #955B21 #21955B

tetradic

#5B2195 #952121 #5B9521 #219595

square

#5B2195 #952121 #5B9521 #219595

split-complementary

#5B2195 #959521 #219521

monochromatic

#1E0B31 #3C1663 #5B2195 #7A2CC7 #9857DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#5B2195 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5B2195 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2195

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2195	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2195	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2195;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.176 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b5',
    500: '#5b2195',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2195;
$custom-light: #8f63b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2195",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40174,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2195

secondary

#89BE54

accent

#E74194

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2195

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

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