#5E227F#5E227F

#5E227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.152 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E227F
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 43.16, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 59.40, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0995 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.152 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0182, 5.0563, 20.5754)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E227F #437F22

analogous

#30227F #5E227F #7F2272

triadic

#5E227F #7F5E22 #227F5E

tetradic

#5E227F #7F3022 #437F22 #22727F

square

#5E227F #7F3022 #437F22 #22727F

split-complementary

#5E227F #727F22 #227F30

monochromatic

#17081E #3A154F #5E227F #822FAF #A14CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#5E227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E227F

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E227F	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13417D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.152 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a5',
    500: '#5e227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e227f;
$custom-light: #8f63a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38888,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E227F

secondary

#70B24B

accent

#E1477E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E227F

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

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