#5B2198#5B2198

#5B2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.179 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2198
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, 49.05, -54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 72.98, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0909 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.179 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5243, 5.5788, 30.2220)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2198 #5E9821

analogous

#212398 #5B2198 #972198

triadic

#5B2198 #985B21 #21985B

tetradic

#5B2198 #982123 #5E9821 #219897

square

#5B2198 #982123 #5E9821 #219897

split-complementary

#5B2198 #989721 #239821

monochromatic

#1F0B33 #3D1666 #5B2198 #792CCA #9859DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#5B2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2198

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2198	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.179 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b7',
    500: '#5b2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2198;
$custom-light: #9063b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.244,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40435,
    "c": 0.17915,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2198

secondary

#8CBF56

accent

#E74096

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2198

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

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