#5E169F#5E169F

#5E169F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.196 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E169F
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 159)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 86.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.00, 55.19, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.00, 80.67, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.1013 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.196 301)
XYZ	xyz(11.1595, 5.4566, 33.2595)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E169F #579F16

analogous

#19169F #5E169F #9F169B

triadic

#5E169F #9F5E16 #169F5E

tetradic

#5E169F #9F1916 #579F16 #169B9F

square

#5E169F #9F1916 #579F16 #169B9F

split-complementary

#5E169F #9B9F16 #169F19

monochromatic

#1E0733 #3E0F69 #5E169F #7E1DD5 #9C4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#5E169F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5E169F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E169F

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E169F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E169F	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e169f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.196 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#935fbc',
    500: '#5e169f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e169f;
$custom-light: #935fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e169f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.533,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40491,
    "c": 0.1964,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E169F

secondary

#85C74A

accent

#F2368F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E169F

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

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