#57227E#57227E

#57227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.149 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#57227E
RGB	rgb(87, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 41.40, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 58.98, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0896 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.149 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2676, 4.6767, 20.2018)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#57227E #497E22

analogous

#29227E #57227E #7E2277

triadic

#57227E #7E5722 #227E57

tetradic

#57227E #7E2922 #497E22 #22777E

square

#57227E #7E2922 #497E22 #22777E

split-complementary

#57227E #777E22 #227E29

monochromatic

#14081E #36154E #57227E #782FAE #974CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#57227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#57227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #57227E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##57227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##57227E	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #57227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(87, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.149 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62a4',
    500: '#57227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #57227e;
$custom-light: #8a62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#57227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 87,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37863,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#57227E

secondary

#76B14B

accent

#E14788

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #57227E

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

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