#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
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 50.13, -55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 74.42, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0934 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.183 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1874, 5.9239, 32.0001)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5E229C	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5E229C

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

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