#5B2492#5B2492

#5B2492 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.169 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2492
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 146)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.28, 46.23, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.28, 68.41, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0896 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.169 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1323, 5.5612, 27.7282)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2492 #5B9224

analogous

#242492 #5B2492 #922492

triadic

#5B2492 #925B24 #24925B

tetradic

#5B2492 #922424 #5B9224 #249292

square

#5B2492 #922424 #5B9224 #249292

split-complementary

#5B2492 #929224 #249224

monochromatic

#1E0C30 #3C1861 #5B2492 #7A30C3 #985AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5B2492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B2492 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2492

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2492	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)

#004295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.169 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64b3',
    500: '#5b2492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2492;
$custom-light: #8f64b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40244,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2492

secondary

#89BB57

accent

#E44494

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2492

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

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