#5B228D#5B228D

#5B228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.166 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B228D
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 45.89, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 66.79, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% 0.0926 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.166 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6930, 5.2913, 25.7048)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B228D #548D22

analogous

#26228D #5B228D #8D228A

triadic

#5B228D #8D5B22 #228D5B

tetradic

#5B228D #8D2622 #548D22 #228A8D

square

#5B228D #8D2622 #548D22 #228A8D

split-complementary

#5B228D #8A8D22 #228D26

monochromatic

#1B0A2A #3B165C #5B228D #7B2EBE #9954D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#5B228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B228D

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B228D	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.166 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63af',
    500: '#5b228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b228d;
$custom-light: #8e63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.963,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39602,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B228D

secondary

#82B951

accent

#E4448F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B228D

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

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