#5B2285#5B2285

#5B2285 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.158 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2285
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 133)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 43.94, -44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 62.59, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0942 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.158 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1191, 5.0618, 22.6824)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2285 #4C8522

analogous

#292285 #5B2285 #85227E

triadic

#5B2285 #855B22 #22855B

tetradic

#5B2285 #852922 #4C8522 #227E85

square

#5B2285 #852922 #4C8522 #227E85

split-complementary

#5B2285 #7E8522 #228529

monochromatic

#180924 #3A1654 #5B2285 #7C2EB6 #9B4FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#5B2285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B2285 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2285

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2285	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.158 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a9',
    500: '#5b2285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2285;
$custom-light: #8e63a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3895,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2285

secondary

#7AB64D

accent

#E24588

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2285

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

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