#5B2398#5B2398

#5B2398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.177 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2398
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 48.18, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 72.04, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0891 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.177 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5815, 5.6931, 30.2411)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2398 #609823

analogous

#232698 #5B2398 #962398

triadic

#5B2398 #985B23 #23985B

tetradic

#5B2398 #982326 #609823 #239896

square

#5B2398 #982326 #609823 #239896

split-complementary

#5B2398 #989623 #269823

monochromatic

#1F0C35 #3D1866 #5B2398 #792ECA #985CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#5B2398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B2398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2398

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2398	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.177 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b7',
    500: '#5b2398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2398;
$custom-light: #8f64b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.718,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40646,
    "c": 0.17704,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2398

secondary

#8EBE59

accent

#E64297

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2398

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

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