#5E228B#5E228B

#5E228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.165 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E228B
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 45.99, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 65.64, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0974 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.165 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8473, 5.3879, 24.9423)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E228B #4F8B22

analogous

#2A228B #5E228B #8B2284

triadic

#5E228B #8B5E22 #228B5E

tetradic

#5E228B #8B2A22 #4F8B22 #22848B

square

#5E228B #8B2A22 #4F8B22 #22848B

split-complementary

#5E228B #848B22 #228B2A

monochromatic

#1B0A29 #3D165A #5E228B #7F2EBC #9D53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#5E228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5E228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E228B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E228B	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.165 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063ae',
    500: '#5e228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e228b;
$custom-light: #9063ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39829,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E228B

secondary

#7DB850

accent

#E44488

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E228B

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

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