#5B2199#5B2199

#5B2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.180 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2199
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 49.30, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 73.50, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0906 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.18 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6066, 5.6117, 30.6552)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2199 #5F9921

analogous

#212399 #5B2199 #972199

triadic

#5B2199 #995B21 #21995B

tetradic

#5B2199 #992123 #5F9921 #219997

square

#5B2199 #992123 #5F9921 #219997

split-complementary

#5B2199 #999721 #239921

monochromatic

#1F0B34 #3D1667 #5B2199 #792CCB #9859DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#5B2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2199

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2199	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.180 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b8',
    500: '#5b2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2199;
$custom-light: #9063b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40523,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2199

secondary

#8DBF56

accent

#E84097

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2199

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

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