#5B2197#5B2197

#5B2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.178 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2197
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 48.80, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 72.46, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0911 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.178 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4428, 5.5461, 29.7925)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2197 #5D9721

analogous

#212297 #5B2197 #962197

triadic

#5B2197 #975B21 #21975B

tetradic

#5B2197 #972122 #5D9721 #219796

square

#5B2197 #972122 #5D9721 #219796

split-complementary

#5B2197 #979621 #229721

monochromatic

#1E0B33 #3D1665 #5B2197 #792CC9 #9858DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#5B2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2197

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2197	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.178 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b7',
    500: '#5b2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2197;
$custom-light: #8f63b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.492,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40347,
    "c": 0.1781,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2197

secondary

#8BBE55

accent

#E74195

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2197

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

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