#5B22A6#5B22A6

#5B22A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.193 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B22A6
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 166)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 79.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 52.15, -60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 79.71, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.086 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.193 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7675, 6.1211, 36.6305)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B22A6 #6DA622

analogous

#222BA6 #5B22A6 #9D22A6

triadic

#5B22A6 #A65B22 #22A65B

tetradic

#5B22A6 #A6222B #6DA622 #22A69D

square

#5B22A6 #A6222B #6DA622 #22A69D

split-complementary

#5B22A6 #A69D22 #2BA622

monochromatic

#230D40 #3F1873 #5B22A6 #7730D5 #9963DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#5B22A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5B22A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B22A6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B22A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B22A6	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b22a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.193 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164c1',
    500: '#5b22a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b22a6;
$custom-light: #9164c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b22a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4179,
    "c": 0.19295,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B22A6

secondary

#99C45F

accent

#E93F9F

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B22A6

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

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