#5B2196#5B2196

#5B2196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.177 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2196
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 78%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.15, 48.55, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.15, 71.95, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0914 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.177 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3619, 5.5138, 29.3666)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2196 #5C9621

analogous

#212196 #5B2196 #952196

triadic

#5B2196 #965B21 #21965B

tetradic

#5B2196 #962121 #5C9621 #219695

square

#5B2196 #962121 #5C9621 #219695

split-complementary

#5B2196 #969521 #219621

monochromatic

#1E0B32 #3D1664 #5B2196 #792CC8 #9857DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#5B2196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5B2196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2196

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2196	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.177 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b6',
    500: '#5b2196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2196;
$custom-light: #8f63b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.744,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4026,
    "c": 0.17705,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2196

secondary

#8ABE55

accent

#E74195

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2196

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

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