#5E229F#5E229F

#5E229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.186 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E229F
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 50.87, -56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 75.96, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0926 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.186 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4446, 6.0268, 33.3545)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E229F #639F22

analogous

#22249F #5E229F #9C229F

triadic

#5E229F #9F5E22 #229F5E

tetradic

#5E229F #9F2224 #639F22 #229F9C

square

#5E229F #9F2224 #639F22 #229F9C

split-complementary

#5E229F #9F9C22 #249F22

monochromatic

#220C3A #40176D #5E229F #7C2DD1 #9B5FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#5E229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5E229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E229F

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E229F	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.186 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264bc',
    500: '#5e229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e229f;
$custom-light: #9264bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41519,
    "c": 0.18595,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E229F

secondary

#90C15B

accent

#E84097

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E229F

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

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