#5E2297#5E2297

#5E2297 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.178 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2297
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 151)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 48.90, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 71.85, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.0947 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.178 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7727, 5.7581, 29.8160)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2297 #5B9722

analogous

#242297 #5E2297 #972296

triadic

#5E2297 #975E22 #22975E

tetradic

#5E2297 #972422 #5B9722 #229697

square

#5E2297 #972422 #5B9722 #229697

split-complementary

#5E2297 #969722 #229724

monochromatic

#200C33 #3F1765 #5E2297 #7D2DC9 #9B5ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#5E2297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E2297 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2297

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2297	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.178 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b6',
    500: '#5e2297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2297;
$custom-light: #9164b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40826,
    "c": 0.17758,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2297

secondary

#89BE57

accent

#E64292

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2297

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

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