#5E227E#5E227E

#5E227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.151 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E227E
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 42.93, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 58.88, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0996 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.151 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9533, 5.0303, 20.2339)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E227E #427E22

analogous

#30227E #5E227E #7E2270

triadic

#5E227E #7E5E22 #227E5E

tetradic

#5E227E #7E3022 #427E22 #22707E

square

#5E227E #7E3022 #427E22 #22707E

split-complementary

#5E227E #707E22 #227E30

monochromatic

#16081E #3A154E #5E227E #822FAE #A14CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#5E227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E227E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E227E	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.151 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a4',
    500: '#5e227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e227e;
$custom-light: #8f63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38812,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E227E

secondary

#6EB14B

accent

#E1477D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E227E

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

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