#5E17A1#5E17A1

#5E17A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.198 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E17A1
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 161)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 85.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 55.35, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 81.32, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0999 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.198 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3539, 5.5656, 34.1874)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E17A1 #5AA117

analogous

#1917A1 #5E17A1 #A1179F

triadic

#5E17A1 #A15E17 #17A15E

tetradic

#5E17A1 #A11917 #5AA117 #179FA1

square

#5E17A1 #A11917 #5AA117 #179FA1

split-complementary

#5E17A1 #9FA117 #17A119

monochromatic

#1F0836 #3F0F6B #5E17A1 #7D1FD7 #9B4DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5E17A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E17A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E17A1

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E17A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E17A1	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e17a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.198 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360be',
    500: '#5e17a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e17a1;
$custom-light: #9360be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e17a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.87,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40748,
    "c": 0.19759,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E17A1

secondary

#88C74C

accent

#F23691

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E17A1

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

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