#5B2491#5B2491

#5B2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.168 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2491
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.19, 45.98, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.19, 67.89, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0898 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.168 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0549, 5.5302, 27.3203)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2491 #5A9124

analogous

#242491 #5B2491 #912490

triadic

#5B2491 #915B24 #24915B

tetradic

#5B2491 #912424 #5A9124 #249091

square

#5B2491 #912424 #5A9124 #249091

split-complementary

#5B2491 #909124 #249124

monochromatic

#1D0C2F #3C1860 #5B2491 #7A30C2 #9859D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5B2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2491

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2491	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)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.168 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b2',
    500: '#5b2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2491;
$custom-light: #8f64b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.275,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40161,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2491

secondary

#88BA56

accent

#E34493

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2491

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

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