#5B2284#5B2284

#5B2284 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.157 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2284
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 132)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 43.70, -44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 62.07, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.0944 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.157 307)
XYZ	xyz(9.0504, 5.0343, 22.3202)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2284 #4B8422

analogous

#2A2284 #5B2284 #84227C

triadic

#5B2284 #845B22 #22845B

tetradic

#5B2284 #842A22 #4B8422 #227C84

square

#5B2284 #842A22 #4B8422 #227C84

split-complementary

#5B2284 #7C8422 #22842A

monochromatic

#180923 #391553 #5B2284 #7D2FB5 #9B4FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#5B2284 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B2284 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2284

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2284	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2284	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2284;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.157 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a8',
    500: '#5b2284',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2284;
$custom-light: #8e63a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2284",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3887,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.05034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2284

secondary

#78B54D

accent

#E24687

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2284

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

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