#5B227E#5B227E

#5B227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.150 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B227E
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 42.27, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 58.92, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0954 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.15 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6516, 4.8747, 20.2198)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B227E #457E22

analogous

#2D227E #5B227E #7E2273

triadic

#5B227E #7E5B22 #227E5B

tetradic

#5B227E #7E2D22 #457E22 #22737E

square

#5B227E #7E2D22 #457E22 #22737E

split-complementary

#5B227E #737E22 #227E2D

monochromatic

#15081E #38154E #5B227E #7E2FAE #9D4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#5B227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B227E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B227E	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.150 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a4',
    500: '#5b227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b227e;
$custom-light: #8d62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38401,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B227E

secondary

#72B14B

accent

#E14782

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B227E

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

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