#5B2294#5B2294

#5B2294 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.174 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2294
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 148)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 77%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 47.62, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 70.44, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.091 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.174 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2304, 5.5063, 28.5351)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2294 #5B9422

analogous

#222294 #5B2294 #942294

triadic

#5B2294 #945B22 #22945B

tetradic

#5B2294 #942222 #5B9422 #229494

square

#5B2294 #942222 #5B9422 #229494

split-complementary

#5B2294 #949422 #229422

monochromatic

#1E0B30 #3C1762 #5B2294 #7A2DC6 #9858D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#5B2294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5B2294 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2294

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2294	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.174 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b4',
    500: '#5b2294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2294;
$custom-light: #8f63b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40193,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2294

secondary

#89BD55

accent

#E64294

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2294

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

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