#5B2289#5B2289

#5B2289 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.162 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2289
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 137)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 44.91, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 64.69, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0935 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.162 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4008, 5.1744, 24.1656)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2289 #508922

analogous

#272289 #5B2289 #892283

triadic

#5B2289 #895B22 #22895B

tetradic

#5B2289 #892722 #508922 #228389

square

#5B2289 #892722 #508922 #228389

split-complementary

#5B2289 #838922 #228927

monochromatic

#1A0A27 #3A1658 #5B2289 #7C2EBA #9A51D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#5B2289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5B2289 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2289

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2289	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.162 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ac',
    500: '#5b2289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2289;
$custom-light: #8e63ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.204,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39273,
    "c": 0.1621,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2289

secondary

#7EB84F

accent

#E3448B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2289

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

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