#5E229B#5E229B

#5E229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.182 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E229B
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 49.88, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 73.91, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0937 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.182 301)
XYZ	xyz(11.1031, 5.8902, 31.5560)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E229B #5F9B22

analogous

#22239B #5E229B #9B229B

triadic

#5E229B #9B5E22 #229B5E

tetradic

#5E229B #9B2223 #5F9B22 #229B9B

square

#5E229B #9B2223 #5F9B22 #229B9B

split-complementary

#5E229B #9B9B22 #239B22

monochromatic

#210C37 #401769 #5E229B #7C2DCD #9B5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#5E229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5E229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E229B

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E229B	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.182 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264b9',
    500: '#5e229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e229b;
$custom-light: #9264b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.752,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4117,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.0589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E229B

secondary

#8DC059

accent

#E74195

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E229B

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

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