#5B229E#5B229E

#5B229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.184 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B229E
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 50.13, -56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 75.61, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0883 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.184 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0564, 5.8367, 32.8852)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B229E #659E22

analogous

#22279E #5B229E #99229E

triadic

#5B229E #9E5B22 #229E5B

tetradic

#5B229E #9E2227 #659E22 #229E99

square

#5B229E #9E2227 #659E22 #229E99

split-complementary

#5B229E #9E9922 #279E22

monochromatic

#210C39 #3E176C #5B229E #782DD0 #985EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#5B229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B229E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B229E	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.184 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bc',
    500: '#5b229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b229e;
$custom-light: #9064bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.581,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41068,
    "c": 0.18448,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B229E

secondary

#92C15B

accent

#E8409B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B229E

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

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