#5B2290#5B2290

#5B2290 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.170 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2290
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 76.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, 46.63, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 68.35, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.092 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.17 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9193, 5.3818, 26.8964)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2290 #579022

analogous

#242290 #5B2290 #90228E

triadic

#5B2290 #905B22 #22905B

tetradic

#5B2290 #902422 #579022 #228E90

square

#5B2290 #902422 #579022 #228E90

split-complementary

#5B2290 #8E9022 #229024

monochromatic

#1C0B2D #3C165E #5B2290 #7A2EC2 #9955D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#5B2290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B2290 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2290

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2290	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.170 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b1',
    500: '#5b2290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2290;
$custom-light: #8f63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.091,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39853,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2290

secondary

#85BB53

accent

#E54391

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2290

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

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