#5B2390#5B2390

#5B2390 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.168 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2390
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 46.18, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 67.86, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.091 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.168 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9483, 5.4398, 26.9060)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2390 #589023

analogous

#252390 #5B2390 #90238E

triadic

#5B2390 #905B23 #23905B

tetradic

#5B2390 #902523 #589023 #238E90

square

#5B2390 #902523 #589023 #238E90

split-complementary

#5B2390 #8E9023 #239025

monochromatic

#1D0B2E #3C175F #5B2390 #7A2FC1 #9857D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#5B2390 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B2390 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2390

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2390	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2390	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2390;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.168 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b1',
    500: '#5b2390',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2390;
$custom-light: #8f64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2390",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39964,
    "c": 0.16844,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2390

secondary

#86BA54

accent

#E44492

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2390

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

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