#5B2283#5B2283

#5B2283 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.156 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2283
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 131)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 74%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 43.46, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 61.54, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0946 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.156 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9823, 5.0070, 21.9616)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2283 #4A8322

analogous

#2B2283 #5B2283 #83227A

triadic

#5B2283 #835B22 #22835B

tetradic

#5B2283 #832B22 #4A8322 #227A83

square

#5B2283 #832B22 #4A8322 #227A83

split-complementary

#5B2283 #7A8322 #22832B

monochromatic

#170922 #391552 #5B2283 #7D2FB4 #9B4ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5B2283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5B2283 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2283

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2283	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.156 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63a8',
    500: '#5b2283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2283;
$custom-light: #8d63a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.258,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38791,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2283

secondary

#77B44C

accent

#E24686

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2283

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

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