#5E17A0#5E17A0

#5E17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.197 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E17A0
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 55.11, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 80.83, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.1003 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.197 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2661, 5.5304, 33.7248)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E17A0 #59A017

analogous

#1A17A0 #5E17A0 #A0179D

triadic

#5E17A0 #A05E17 #17A05E

tetradic

#5E17A0 #A01A17 #59A017 #179DA0

square

#5E17A0 #A01A17 #59A017 #179DA0

split-complementary

#5E17A0 #9DA017 #17A01A

monochromatic

#1F0835 #3F0F6A #5E17A0 #7D1FD6 #9B4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5E17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E17A0

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E17A0	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)

#0042A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.197 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bd',
    500: '#5e17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e17a0;
$custom-light: #9360bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.095,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40656,
    "c": 0.19662,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E17A0

secondary

#87C74C

accent

#F13690

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E17A0

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

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