#5B227F#5B227F

#5B227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.151 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B227F
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 42.50, -41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 59.44, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0952 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.151 309)
XYZ	xyz(8.7164, 4.9007, 20.5613)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B227F #467F22

analogous

#2D227F #5B227F #7F2275

triadic

#5B227F #7F5B22 #227F5B

tetradic

#5B227F #7F2D22 #467F22 #22757F

square

#5B227F #7F2D22 #467F22 #22757F

split-complementary

#5B227F #757F22 #227F2D

monochromatic

#16081E #38154F #5B227F #7E2FAF #9C4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5B227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B227F

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B227F	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.151 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a5',
    500: '#5b227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b227f;
$custom-light: #8d62a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38478,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.04901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B227F

secondary

#73B24B

accent

#E14782

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B227F

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

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