#5B228B#5B228B

#5B228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.164 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B228B
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 45.40, -47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 65.74, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.0931 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.164 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5455, 5.2323, 24.9281)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B228B #528B22

analogous

#26228B #5B228B #8B2287

triadic

#5B228B #8B5B22 #228B5B

tetradic

#5B228B #8B2622 #528B22 #22878B

square

#5B228B #8B2622 #528B22 #22878B

split-complementary

#5B228B #878B22 #228B26

monochromatic

#1B0A29 #3B165A #5B228B #7B2EBC #9953D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#5B228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B228B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B228B	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.164 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ae',
    500: '#5b228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b228b;
$custom-light: #8e63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39437,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B228B

secondary

#80B850

accent

#E4448D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B228B

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

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