#5B2295#5B2295

#5B2295 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.175 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2295
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 149)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 77.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 47.87, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 70.96, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0908 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.175 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3099, 5.5381, 28.9537)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2295 #5C9522

analogous

#222295 #5B2295 #942295

triadic

#5B2295 #955B22 #22955B

tetradic

#5B2295 #952222 #5C9522 #229594

square

#5B2295 #952222 #5C9522 #229594

split-complementary

#5B2295 #959422 #229522

monochromatic

#1E0B31 #3D1763 #5B2295 #792DC7 #9858D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#5B2295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B2295 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2295

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2295	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.175 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b5',
    500: '#5b2295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2295;
$custom-light: #8f64b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.739,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40279,
    "c": 0.17491,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2295

secondary

#8ABD56

accent

#E64295

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2295

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

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