#5E199C#5E199C

#5E199C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.191 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E199C
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 53.53, -56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 78.14, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.1004 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.191 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9630, 5.4752, 31.9253)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E199C #579C19

analogous

#1C199C #5E199C #9C1998

triadic

#5E199C #9C5E19 #199C5E

tetradic

#5E199C #9C1C19 #579C19 #19989C

square

#5E199C #9C1C19 #579C19 #19989C

split-complementary

#5E199C #989C19 #199C1C

monochromatic

#1E0833 #3E1167 #5E199C #7E21D1 #9C4DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#5E199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E199C

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E199C	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.191 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260ba',
    500: '#5e199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e199c;
$custom-light: #9260ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.603,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40441,
    "c": 0.19117,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E199C

secondary

#85C44C

accent

#EF398F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E199C

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

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