#5E227B#5E227B

#5E227B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.148 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E227B
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 42.24, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 57.33, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.1 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.148 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7626, 4.9540, 19.2297)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E227B #3F7B22

analogous

#31227B #5E227B #7B226B

triadic

#5E227B #7B5E22 #227B5E

tetradic

#5E227B #7B3122 #3F7B22 #226B7B

square

#5E227B #7B3122 #3F7B22 #226B7B

split-complementary

#5E227B #6B7B22 #227B31

monochromatic

#15071B #39154B #5E227B #832FAB #A24ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#5E227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5E227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E227B

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E227B	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.148 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a2',
    500: '#5e227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e227b;
$custom-light: #8f63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.449,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38588,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E227B

secondary

#6BAE4B

accent

#E04879

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E227B

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

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