#5F228E#5F228E

#5F228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.168 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F228E
RGB	rgb(95, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.19, 46.90, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.19, 67.16, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0983 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.168 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1727, 5.5300, 26.1174)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F228E #518E22

analogous

#29228E #5F228E #8E2287

triadic

#5F228E #8E5F22 #228E5F

tetradic

#5F228E #8E2922 #518E22 #22878E

square

#5F228E #8E2922 #518E22 #22878E

split-complementary

#5F228E #878E22 #228E29

monochromatic

#1D0A2B #3E165D #5F228E #802EBF #9E54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5F228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5F228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F228E

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F228E	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.168 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b0',
    500: '#5f228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f228e;
$custom-light: #9164b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40204,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F228E

secondary

#7FBA52

accent

#E44389

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F228E

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

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