#5B228C#5B228C

#5B228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.165 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B228C
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 45.64, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 66.26, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0929 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.165 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6189, 5.2617, 25.3147)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B228C #538C22

analogous

#26228C #5B228C #8C2288

triadic

#5B228C #8C5B22 #228C5B

tetradic

#5B228C #8C2622 #538C22 #22888C

square

#5B228C #8C2622 #538C22 #22888C

split-complementary

#5B228C #888C22 #228C26

monochromatic

#1B0A2A #3B165B #5B228C #7B2EBD #9953D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#5B228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B228C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B228C	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.165 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ae',
    500: '#5b228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b228c;
$custom-light: #8e63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39519,
    "c": 0.16531,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B228C

secondary

#81B951

accent

#E4448E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B228C

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

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