#5B2490#5B2490

#5B2490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.167 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2490
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 75%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.11, 45.73, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.11, 67.36, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.09 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.167 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9781, 5.4995, 26.9160)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2490 #599024

analogous

#252490 #5B2490 #90248F

triadic

#5B2490 #905B24 #24905B

tetradic

#5B2490 #902524 #599024 #248F90

square

#5B2490 #902524 #599024 #248F90

split-complementary

#5B2490 #8F9024 #249025

monochromatic

#1D0C2E #3C185F #5B2490 #7A30C1 #9859D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#5B2490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5B2490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2490

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2490	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.167 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b1',
    500: '#5b2490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2490;
$custom-light: #8e64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40077,
    "c": 0.16727,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2490

secondary

#87BA56

accent

#E34592

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2490

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

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