#5F228B#5F228B

#5F228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.165 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F228B
RGB	rgb(95, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 46.19, -46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 65.61, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0989 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.165 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9505, 5.4411, 24.9471)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F228B #4E8B22

analogous

#2B228B #5F228B #8B2283

triadic

#5F228B #8B5F22 #228B5F

tetradic

#5F228B #8B2B22 #4E8B22 #22838B

square

#5F228B #8B2B22 #4E8B22 #22838B

split-complementary

#5F228B #838B22 #228B2B

monochromatic

#1C0A29 #3D165A #5F228B #812EBC #9E53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#5F228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5F228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F228B

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F228B	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.165 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163ae',
    500: '#5f228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f228b;
$custom-light: #9163ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39961,
    "c": 0.16524,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F228B

secondary

#7CB850

accent

#E44487

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F228B

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

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