#5B228A#5B228A

#5B228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.163 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B228A
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.31, 45.16, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.31, 65.22, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0933 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.163 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4728, 5.2032, 24.5451)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B228A #518A22

analogous

#27228A #5B228A #8A2285

triadic

#5B228A #8A5B22 #228A5B

tetradic

#5B228A #8A2722 #518A22 #22858A

square

#5B228A #8A2722 #518A22 #22858A

split-complementary

#5B228A #858A22 #228A27

monochromatic

#1A0A28 #3B1659 #5B228A #7B2EBB #9952D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#5B228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B228A

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B228A	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.163 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ad',
    500: '#5b228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b228a;
$custom-light: #8e63ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.885,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39355,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B228A

secondary

#7FB850

accent

#E4448C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B228A

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

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