#5B2592#5B2592

#5B2592 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.168 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2592
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 146)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 45.77, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 67.91, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0886 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.168 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1630, 5.6226, 27.7384)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2592 #5C9225

analogous

#252592 #5B2592 #912592

triadic

#5B2592 #925B25 #25925B

tetradic

#5B2592 #922525 #5C9225 #259291

square

#5B2592 #922525 #5C9225 #259291

split-complementary

#5B2592 #929125 #259225

monochromatic

#1E0C30 #3D1961 #5B2592 #7931C3 #985CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#5B2592 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B2592 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2592

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2592	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2592	1.00	9.88	2.12	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2592;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.168 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b3',
    500: '#5b2592',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2592;
$custom-light: #8f65b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2592",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.725,
    "s": 59.563,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40359,
    "c": 0.16827,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2592

secondary

#8ABA58

accent

#E34595

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2592

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

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