#5B2299#5B2299

#5B2299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.179 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2299
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 77.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 48.87, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 73.03, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0897 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.179 300)
XYZ	xyz(10.6347, 5.6680, 30.6646)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2299 #609922

analogous

#222599 #5B2299 #972299

triadic

#5B2299 #995B22 #22995B

tetradic

#5B2299 #992225 #609922 #229997

square

#5B2299 #992225 #609922 #229997

split-complementary

#5B2299 #999722 #259922

monochromatic

#1F0C35 #3D1767 #5B2299 #792DCB #985BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#5B2299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5B2299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2299

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2299	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.179 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b8',
    500: '#5b2299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2299;
$custom-light: #9064b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.739,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40626,
    "c": 0.17917,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2299

secondary

#8EBF58

accent

#E74197

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2299

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

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