#5E228E#5E228E

#5E228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.168 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E228E
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 46.71, -48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 67.20, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0968 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.168 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0695, 5.4768, 26.1126)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E228E #528E22

analogous

#28228E #5E228E #8E2288

triadic

#5E228E #8E5E22 #228E5E

tetradic

#5E228E #8E2822 #528E22 #22888E

square

#5E228E #8E2822 #528E22 #22888E

split-complementary

#5E228E #888E22 #228E28

monochromatic

#1D0A2B #3D165D #5E228E #7F2EBF #9C54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#5E228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E228E

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E228E	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.168 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b0',
    500: '#5e228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e228e;
$custom-light: #9064b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40073,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E228E

secondary

#80BA52

accent

#E4438B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E228E

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

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