#5E18A0#5E18A0

#5E18A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.196 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E18A0
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 160)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 85%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 54.80, -58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 80.48, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.0997 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.196 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2863, 5.5709, 33.7316)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E18A0 #5AA018

analogous

#1A18A0 #5E18A0 #A0189E

triadic

#5E18A0 #A05E18 #18A05E

tetradic

#5E18A0 #A01A18 #5AA018 #189EA0

square

#5E18A0 #A01A18 #5AA018 #189EA0

split-complementary

#5E18A0 #9EA018 #18A01A

monochromatic

#1F0836 #3F106B #5E18A0 #7D20D5 #9B4EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#5E18A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E18A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E18A0

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E18A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E18A0	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	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: #5e18a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.196 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bd',
    500: '#5e18a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e18a0;
$custom-light: #9360bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e18a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4073,
    "c": 0.19586,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E18A0

secondary

#88C64D

accent

#F13791

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E18A0

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