#5B2394#5B2394

#5B2394 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.173 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2394
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 148)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 76.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 47.18, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 69.95, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0901 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.173 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2594, 5.5643, 28.5447)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2394 #5C9423

analogous

#232394 #5B2394 #932394

triadic

#5B2394 #945B23 #23945B

tetradic

#5B2394 #942323 #5C9423 #239493

square

#5B2394 #942323 #5C9423 #239493

split-complementary

#5B2394 #949323 #239423

monochromatic

#1E0C31 #3D1763 #5B2394 #792FC5 #985AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5B2394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B2394 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2394

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2394	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.173 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b4',
    500: '#5b2394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2394;
$custom-light: #8f64b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.735,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40302,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2394

secondary

#8ABC57

accent

#E54395

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2394

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

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