#5B229F#5B229F

#5B229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.186 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B229F
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 50.38, -57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 76.13, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0881 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.186 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1428, 5.8712, 33.3404)
Luminance	0.0587 (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

#5B229F #669F22

analogous

#22279F #5B229F #99229F

triadic

#5B229F #9F5B22 #229F5B

tetradic

#5B229F #9F2227 #669F22 #229F99

square

#5B229F #9F2227 #669F22 #229F99

split-complementary

#5B229F #9F9922 #279F22

monochromatic

#210C3A #3E176D #5B229F #782DD1 #985FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#5B229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B229F

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B229F	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.186 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bc',
    500: '#5b229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b229f;
$custom-light: #9064bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.36,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41157,
    "c": 0.18554,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B229F

secondary

#93C15B

accent

#E8409B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B229F

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

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