#5E1996#5E1996

#5E1996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.185 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1996
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.51, 52.12, -54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.51, 75.14, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.1023 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.185 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4674, 5.2770, 29.3153)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1996 #519619

analogous

#1F1996 #5E1996 #961990

triadic

#5E1996 #965E19 #19965E

tetradic

#5E1996 #961F19 #519619 #199096

square

#5E1996 #961F19 #519619 #199096

split-complementary

#5E1996 #909619 #19961F

monochromatic

#1C082D #3D1062 #5E1996 #7F22CA #9D49E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#5E1996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5E1996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1996

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1996	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.185 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260b6',
    500: '#5e1996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1996;
$custom-light: #9260b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.12,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39903,
    "c": 0.18531,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1996

secondary

#7FC249

accent

#EE3A8B

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1996

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

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