#5B228F#5B228F

#5B228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.169 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B228F
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.71, 46.38, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.71, 67.83, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.0922 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.169 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8432, 5.3514, 26.4956)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B228F #568F22

analogous

#24228F #5B228F #8F228D

triadic

#5B228F #8F5B22 #228F5B

tetradic

#5B228F #8F2422 #568F22 #228D8F

square

#5B228F #8F2422 #568F22 #228D8F

split-complementary

#5B228F #8D8F22 #228F24

monochromatic

#1C0A2C #3C165E #5B228F #7A2EC0 #9955D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#5B228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B228F

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B228F	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.169 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b1',
    500: '#5b228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b228f;
$custom-light: #8f63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.376,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39769,
    "c": 0.16852,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B228F

secondary

#84BA52

accent

#E54390

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B228F

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

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