#5B22A9#5B22A9

#5B22A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.196 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B22A9
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 169)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 79.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 52.91, -61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 81.23, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.0851 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.196 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0459, 6.2325, 38.0967)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B22A9 #70A922

analogous

#222DA9 #5B22A9 #9E22A9

triadic

#5B22A9 #A95B22 #22A95B

tetradic

#5B22A9 #A9222D #70A922 #22A99E

square

#5B22A9 #A9222D #70A922 #22A99E

split-complementary

#5B22A9 #A99E22 #2DA922

monochromatic

#240D43 #401876 #5B22A9 #7732D6 #9965E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#5B22A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5B22A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B22A9

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B22A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B22A9	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b22a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.196 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c4',
    500: '#5b22a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b22a9;
$custom-light: #9165c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b22a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42066,
    "c": 0.19611,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B22A9

secondary

#9BC561

accent

#E93EA1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B22A9

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

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