#5E189E#5E189E

#5E189E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.194 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E189E
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 84.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 54.33, -58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 79.49, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.1004 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.194 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1128, 5.5015, 32.8175)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E189E #589E18

analogous

#1B189E #5E189E #9E189B

triadic

#5E189E #9E5E18 #189E5E

tetradic

#5E189E #9E1B18 #589E18 #189B9E

square

#5E189E #9E1B18 #589E18 #189B9E

split-complementary

#5E189E #9B9E18 #189E1B

monochromatic

#1F0834 #3E1069 #5E189E #7E20D3 #9C4DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#5E189E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E189E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E189E

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E189E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E189E	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e189e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.194 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5e189e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e189e;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e189e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.343,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40546,
    "c": 0.19392,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E189E

secondary

#86C64C

accent

#F03890

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E189E

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

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