#5E16A0#5E16A0

#5E16A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.197 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E16A0
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, 55.42, -59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 81.16, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.1009 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.197 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2466, 5.4915, 33.7183)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E16A0 #58A016

analogous

#1916A0 #5E16A0 #A0169D

triadic

#5E16A0 #A05E16 #16A05E

tetradic

#5E16A0 #A01916 #58A016 #169DA0

square

#5E16A0 #A01916 #58A016 #169DA0

split-complementary

#5E16A0 #9DA016 #16A019

monochromatic

#1F0734 #3E0F6A #5E16A0 #7E1DD6 #9C4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#5E16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E16A0

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E16A0	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.197 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#935fbd',
    500: '#5e16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e16a0;
$custom-light: #935fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40584,
    "c": 0.19736,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E16A0

secondary

#86C84A

accent

#F23590

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E16A0

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

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