#5E229E#5E229E

#5E229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.185 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E229E
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 50.62, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 75.44, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0929 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.185 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3581, 5.9922, 32.8993)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E229E #629E22

analogous

#22249E #5E229E #9C229E

triadic

#5E229E #9E5E22 #229E5E

tetradic

#5E229E #9E2224 #629E22 #229E9C

square

#5E229E #9E2224 #629E22 #229E9C

split-complementary

#5E229E #9E9C22 #249E22

monochromatic

#220C39 #40176C #5E229E #7C2DD0 #9B5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#5E229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E229E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E229E	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.185 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264bc',
    500: '#5e229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e229e;
$custom-light: #9264bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41431,
    "c": 0.18491,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E229E

secondary

#90C15B

accent

#E84097

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E229E

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

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