#5939AA#5939AA

#5939AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.171 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5939AA
RGB	rgb(89, 57, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 41.52, -55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 69.62, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% 0.061 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.171 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8366, 7.9519, 38.8809)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.63

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5939AA #8AAA39

analogous

#3952AA #5939AA #9239AA

triadic

#5939AA #AA5939 #39AA59

tetradic

#5939AA #AA3952 #8AAA39 #39AA92

square

#5939AA #AA3952 #8AAA39 #39AA92

split-complementary

#5939AA #AA9239 #52AA39

monochromatic

#291A4E #412A7C #5939AA #7859C7 #9D87D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#5939AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5939AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5939AA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5939AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5939AA	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5939aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 57, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.171 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71c4',
    500: '#5939aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5939aa;
$custom-light: #8f71c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5939aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.991,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44797,
    "c": 0.17125,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5939AA

secondary

#AEC17E

accent

#D94EB2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5939AA

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

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