#5E227A#5E227A

#5E227A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.147 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E227A
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.53, 42.01, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.53, 56.81, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.1001 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.147 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7003, 4.9291, 18.9017)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E227A #3E7A22

analogous

#32227A #5E227A #7A226A

triadic

#5E227A #7A5E22 #227A5E

tetradic

#5E227A #7A3222 #3E7A22 #226A7A

square

#5E227A #7A3222 #3E7A22 #226A7A

split-complementary

#5E227A #6A7A22 #227A32

monochromatic

#14071A #39154A #5E227A #832FAA #A34ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#5E227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5E227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E227A

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E227A	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.147 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a1',
    500: '#5e227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e227a;
$custom-light: #8f63a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38514,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E227A

secondary

#6AAD4B

accent

#E04878

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E227A

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