#5B2391#5B2391

#5B2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.170 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2391
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 46.43, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 68.39, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0908 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.17 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0250, 5.4705, 27.3103)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2391 #599123

analogous

#242391 #5B2391 #912390

triadic

#5B2391 #915B23 #23915B

tetradic

#5B2391 #912423 #599123 #239091

square

#5B2391 #912423 #599123 #239091

split-complementary

#5B2391 #909123 #239124

monochromatic

#1D0B2E #3C1760 #5B2391 #7A2FC2 #9858D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#5B2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2391

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2391	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.170 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b2',
    500: '#5b2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2391;
$custom-light: #8f64b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40048,
    "c": 0.16951,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2391

secondary

#87BB55

accent

#E44492

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2391

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

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