#5B229B#5B229B

#5B229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.181 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B229B
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 49.37, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 74.07, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.0892 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.181 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8013, 5.7346, 31.5418)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B229B #629B22

analogous

#22269B #5B229B #97229B

triadic

#5B229B #9B5B22 #229B5B

tetradic

#5B229B #9B2226 #629B22 #229B97

square

#5B229B #9B2226 #629B22 #229B97

split-complementary

#5B229B #9B9722 #269B22

monochromatic

#200C37 #3E1769 #5B229B #782DCD #985CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5B229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B229B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B229B	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.181 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b9',
    500: '#5b229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b229b;
$custom-light: #9064b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.264,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40802,
    "c": 0.1813,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B229B

secondary

#8FC059

accent

#E74199

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B229B

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

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