#5E229C#5E229C

#5E229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.183 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5E229C
RGBrgb(94, 34, 156)
HSLhsl(270, 64%, 37%)
HSVhsv(270, 78%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(29.22, 50.13, -55.01)
CIE-LCHlch(29.22, 74.42, 312.34°)
OKLaboklab(41.26% 0.0934 -0.1572)
OKLCHoklch(41.26% 0.183 300.7)
XYZxyz(11.1874, 5.9239, 32.0001)
Luminance0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5E229C #609C22
analogous
#22239C #5E229C #9B229C
triadic
#5E229C #9C5E22 #229C5E
tetradic
#5E229C #9C2223 #609C22 #229C9B
square
#5E229C #9C2223 #609C22 #229C9B
split-complementary
#5E229C #9C9B22 #239C22
monochromatic
#210C38 #40176A #5E229C #7C2DCE #9B5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61
#5E229C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18
#5E229C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E229C
9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5E229C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5E229C1.009.612.189.61
#FFFFFF9.611.0021.001.00
#0000002.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.611.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00449F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00449A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#50425E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5e229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.183 300.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264ba',
    500: '#5e229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5e229c;
$custom-light: #9264ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5e229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41257,
    "c": 0.18282,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5E229C
secondary
#8EC05A
accent
#E74195
background
#F9F6FB
surface
#F2EBF6
border
#CCC6D0
text
#0E0612
muted
#7E7A81

Preview Lab

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#5E229C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva