#5B2393#5B2393

#5B2393 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.172 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2393
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 147)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 76.2%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 46.93, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 69.43, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.0903 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.172 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1806, 5.5327, 28.1297)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2393 #5B9323

analogous

#232393 #5B2393 #932393

triadic

#5B2393 #935B23 #23935B

tetradic

#5B2393 #932323 #5B9323 #239393

square

#5B2393 #932323 #5B9323 #239393

split-complementary

#5B2393 #939323 #239323

monochromatic

#1E0B30 #3C1762 #5B2393 #7A2FC4 #9859D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5B2393 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B2393 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2393

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2393	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2393	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2393;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.172 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b4',
    500: '#5b2393',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2393;
$custom-light: #8f64b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2393",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40217,
    "c": 0.17167,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2393

secondary

#89BC56

accent

#E54394

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2393

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

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