#5B229C#5B229C

#5B229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.182 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B229C
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 49.62, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 74.58, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0889 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.182 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8856, 5.7684, 31.9859)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B229C #639C22

analogous

#22269C #5B229C #98229C

triadic

#5B229C #9C5B22 #229C5B

tetradic

#5B229C #9C2226 #639C22 #229C98

square

#5B229C #9C2226 #639C22 #229C98

split-complementary

#5B229C #9C9822 #269C22

monochromatic

#200C38 #3E176A #5B229C #782DCE #985DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#5B229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B229C

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B229C	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.182 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064ba',
    500: '#5b229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b229c;
$custom-light: #9064ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.033,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4089,
    "c": 0.18236,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B229C

secondary

#90C05A

accent

#E74199

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B229C

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

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