#5B2296#5B2296

#5B2296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.176 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2296
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 150)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 48.12, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 71.48, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0905 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.176 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3901, 5.5701, 29.3760)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2296 #5D9622

analogous

#222396 #5B2296 #952296

triadic

#5B2296 #965B22 #22965B

tetradic

#5B2296 #962223 #5D9622 #229695

square

#5B2296 #962223 #5D9622 #229695

split-complementary

#5B2296 #969522 #239622

monochromatic

#1E0B32 #3D1764 #5B2296 #792DC8 #9859D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#5B2296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B2296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2296

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2296	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.176 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b6',
    500: '#5b2296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2296;
$custom-light: #8f64b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.483,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40366,
    "c": 0.17598,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2296

secondary

#8BBE56

accent

#E64295

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2296

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

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