#5E229A#5E229A

#5E229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.181 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E229A
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 49.63, -54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 73.39, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.094 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.181 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0194, 5.8568, 31.1155)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E229A #5E9A22

analogous

#22229A #5E229A #9A229A

triadic

#5E229A #9A5E22 #229A5E

tetradic

#5E229A #9A2222 #5E9A22 #229A9A

square

#5E229A #9A2222 #5E9A22 #229A9A

split-complementary

#5E229A #9A9A22 #229A22

monochromatic

#210C36 #3F1768 #5E229A #7D2DCC #9B5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#5E229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E229A

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E229A	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.181 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264b9',
    500: '#5e229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e229a;
$custom-light: #9264b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41083,
    "c": 0.18073,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E229A

secondary

#8CBF58

accent

#E74194

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E229A

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

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