#5B2292#5B2292

#5B2292 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.172 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2292
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 146)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 76.7%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 47.13, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 69.40, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0915 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.172 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0735, 5.4435, 27.7085)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2292 #599222

analogous

#232292 #5B2292 #922291

triadic

#5B2292 #925B22 #22925B

tetradic

#5B2292 #922322 #599222 #229192

square

#5B2292 #922322 #599222 #229192

split-complementary

#5B2292 #919222 #229223

monochromatic

#1D0B2F #3C1660 #5B2292 #7A2EC4 #9857D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#5B2292 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B2292 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2292

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2292	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2292	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2292;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.172 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b3',
    500: '#5b2292',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2292;
$custom-light: #8f63b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2292",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.536,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40023,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2292

secondary

#87BC54

accent

#E54392

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2292

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

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