#5B229A#5B229A

#5B229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B229A
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 49.12, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 73.55, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.0895 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.18 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7177, 5.7012, 31.1014)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B229A #619A22

analogous

#22259A #5B229A #97229A

triadic

#5B229A #9A5B22 #229A5B

tetradic

#5B229A #9A2225 #619A22 #229A97

square

#5B229A #9A2225 #619A22 #229A97

split-complementary

#5B229A #9A9722 #259A22

monochromatic

#200C36 #3D1768 #5B229A #792DCC #985BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#5B229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B229A

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B229A	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b9',
    500: '#5b229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b229a;
$custom-light: #9064b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40714,
    "c": 0.18023,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B229A

secondary

#8EBF58

accent

#E74198

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B229A

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

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