#5E227D#5E227D

#5E227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.150 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E227D
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 42.70, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 58.36, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0997 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.15 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8891, 5.0046, 19.8958)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E227D #417D22

analogous

#30227D #5E227D #7D226E

triadic

#5E227D #7D5E22 #227D5E

tetradic

#5E227D #7D3022 #417D22 #226E7D

square

#5E227D #7D3022 #417D22 #226E7D

split-complementary

#5E227D #6E7D22 #227D30

monochromatic

#16081D #3A154D #5E227D #822FAD #A24BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#5E227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5E227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E227D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E227D	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.150 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a3',
    500: '#5e227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e227d;
$custom-light: #8f63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.56,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38737,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E227D

secondary

#6DB04B

accent

#E0477B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E227D

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

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