#5E228F#5E228F

#5E228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.169 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E228F
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 46.95, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 67.71, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0966 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.169 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1449, 5.5070, 26.5098)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E228F #538F22

analogous

#28228F #5E228F #8F2289

triadic

#5E228F #8F5E22 #228F5E

tetradic

#5E228F #8F2822 #538F22 #22898F

square

#5E228F #8F2822 #538F22 #22898F

split-complementary

#5E228F #898F22 #228F28

monochromatic

#1D0A2C #3D165E #5E228F #7F2EC0 #9C55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#5E228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E228F

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E228F	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.169 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b1',
    500: '#5e228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e228f;
$custom-light: #9164b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40155,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E228F

secondary

#81BA52

accent

#E5438C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E228F

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

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