#5B2297#5B2297

#5B2297 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2297
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 48.37, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 72.00, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0902 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.177 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4709, 5.6025, 29.8019)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2297 #5E9722

analogous

#222497 #5B2297 #962297

triadic

#5B2297 #975B22 #22975B

tetradic

#5B2297 #972224 #5E9722 #229796

square

#5B2297 #972224 #5E9722 #229796

split-complementary

#5B2297 #979622 #249722

monochromatic

#1F0C33 #3D1765 #5B2297 #792DC9 #985ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#5B2297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B2297 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2297

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2297	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b6',
    500: '#5b2297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2297;
$custom-light: #8f64b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40452,
    "c": 0.17704,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2297

secondary

#8CBE57

accent

#E64296

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2297

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

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