#5B229D#5B229D

#5B229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.183 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B229D
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, 49.88, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 75.10, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0886 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.183 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9707, 5.8024, 32.4337)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B229D #649D22

analogous

#22269D #5B229D #99229D

triadic

#5B229D #9D5B22 #229D5B

tetradic

#5B229D #9D2226 #649D22 #229D99

square

#5B229D #9D2226 #649D22 #229D99

split-complementary

#5B229D #9D9922 #269D22

monochromatic

#210C38 #3E176B #5B229D #782DCF #985DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#5B229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B229D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B229D	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.183 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bb',
    500: '#5b229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b229d;
$custom-light: #9064bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40979,
    "c": 0.18342,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B229D

secondary

#91C15A

accent

#E7409A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B229D

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

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