#5B2286#5B2286

#5B2286 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.159 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2286
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 134)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 44.18, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 63.12, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0941 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.159 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1885, 5.0895, 23.0479)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2286 #4D8622

analogous

#292286 #5B2286 #86227F

triadic

#5B2286 #865B22 #22865B

tetradic

#5B2286 #862922 #4D8622 #227F86

square

#5B2286 #862922 #4D8622 #227F86

split-complementary

#5B2286 #7F8622 #228629

monochromatic

#190924 #3A1655 #5B2286 #7C2EB7 #9A50D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#5B2286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B2286 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2286

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2286	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.159 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63aa',
    500: '#5b2286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2286;
$custom-light: #8e63aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3903,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2286

secondary

#7BB64E

accent

#E34589

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2286

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

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