#5B2298#5B2298

#5B2298 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.178 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2298
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 152)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 77.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 48.62, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 72.51, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.09 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.178 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5525, 5.6351, 30.2314)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2298 #5F9822

analogous

#222498 #5B2298 #962298

triadic

#5B2298 #985B22 #22985B

tetradic

#5B2298 #982224 #5F9822 #229896

square

#5B2298 #982224 #5F9822 #229896

split-complementary

#5B2298 #989622 #249822

monochromatic

#1F0C34 #3D1766 #5B2298 #792DCA #985ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#5B2298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5B2298 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2298

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2298	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.178 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b7',
    500: '#5b2298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2298;
$custom-light: #8f64b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40539,
    "c": 0.17811,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2298

secondary

#8DBE57

accent

#E64197

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2298

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

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