#5B2287#5B2287

#5B2287 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.160 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2287
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 135)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 44.42, -45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 63.64, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0939 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.16 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2586, 5.1176, 23.4170)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2287 #4E8722

analogous

#282287 #5B2287 #872280

triadic

#5B2287 #875B22 #22875B

tetradic

#5B2287 #872822 #4E8722 #228087

square

#5B2287 #872822 #4E8722 #228087

split-complementary

#5B2287 #808722 #228728

monochromatic

#190925 #3A1656 #5B2287 #7C2EB8 #9A50D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#5B2287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B2287 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2287

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2287	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.160 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ab',
    500: '#5b2287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2287;
$custom-light: #8e63ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39111,
    "c": 0.15997,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2287

secondary

#7CB74E

accent

#E3458A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2287

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

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