#5B2385#5B2385

#5B2385 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.157 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2385
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 133)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 43.48, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 62.08, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0932 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.157 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1481, 5.1198, 22.6920)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2385 #4D8523

analogous

#2A2385 #5B2385 #85237E

triadic

#5B2385 #855B23 #23855B

tetradic

#5B2385 #852A23 #4D8523 #237E85

square

#5B2385 #852A23 #4D8523 #237E85

split-complementary

#5B2385 #7E8523 #23852A

monochromatic

#190924 #3A1655 #5B2385 #7C30B5 #9A51D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#5B2385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B2385 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2385

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2385	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.157 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63a9',
    500: '#5b2385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2385;
$custom-light: #8e63a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39066,
    "c": 0.15658,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2385

secondary

#7BB54F

accent

#E24689

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2385

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

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