#5E189F#5E189F

#5E189F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.195 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E189F
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 54.56, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 79.99, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.1 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.195 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1992, 5.5361, 33.2727)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E189F #599F18

analogous

#1A189F #5E189F #9F189C

triadic

#5E189F #9F5E18 #189F5E

tetradic

#5E189F #9F1A18 #599F18 #189C9F

square

#5E189F #9F1A18 #599F18 #189C9F

split-complementary

#5E189F #9C9F18 #189F1A

monochromatic

#1F0835 #3F106A #5E189F #7D20D4 #9B4DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5E189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E189F

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E189F	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)

#0042A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.195 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5e189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e189f;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40638,
    "c": 0.19489,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E189F

secondary

#87C64D

accent

#F03790

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E189F

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

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