#5B226E#5B226E

#5B226E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.133 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B226E
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 110)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 38.58, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 50.56, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0968 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.133 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7005, 4.4943, 15.2107)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B226E #356E22

analogous

#35226E #5B226E #6E225B

triadic

#5B226E #6E5B22 #226E5B

tetradic

#5B226E #6E3522 #356E22 #225B6E

square

#5B226E #6E3522 #356E22 #225B6E

split-complementary

#5B226E #5B6E22 #226E35

monochromatic

#130717 #34143F #5B226E #82309D #A545C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#5B226E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B226E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B226E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B226E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B226E	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b226e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.133 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6298',
    500: '#5b226e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b226e;
$custom-light: #8c6298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b226e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37229,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B226E

secondary

#60A14A

accent

#DC4C70

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B226E

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

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