#5B228E#5B228E

#5B228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.167 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B228E
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 46.14, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 67.31, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.69% 0.0924 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(39.69% 0.167 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7678, 5.3212, 26.0984)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B228E #558E22

analogous

#25228E #5B228E #8E228B

triadic

#5B228E #8E5B22 #228E5B

tetradic

#5B228E #8E2522 #558E22 #228B8E

square

#5B228E #8E2522 #558E22 #228B8E

split-complementary

#5B228E #8B8E22 #228E25

monochromatic

#1C0A2B #3B165D #5B228E #7B2EBF #9954D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#5B228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B228E

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B228E	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.167 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63b0',
    500: '#5b228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b228e;
$custom-light: #8e63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39686,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B228E

secondary

#83BA52

accent

#E4438F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B228E

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

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