#5E229D#5E229D

#5E229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.184 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E229D
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 50.37, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 74.93, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.0931 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.184 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2724, 5.9580, 32.4479)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E229D #619D22

analogous

#22249D #5E229D #9B229D

triadic

#5E229D #9D5E22 #229D5E

tetradic

#5E229D #9D2224 #619D22 #229D9B

square

#5E229D #9D2224 #619D22 #229D9B

split-complementary

#5E229D #9D9B22 #249D22

monochromatic

#220C38 #40176B #5E229D #7C2DCF #9B5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#5E229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5E229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E229D

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E229D	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.184 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264bb',
    500: '#5e229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e229d;
$custom-light: #9264bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.268,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41344,
    "c": 0.18386,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E229D

secondary

#8FC15A

accent

#E74096

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E229D

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

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