#5E199E#5E199E

#5E199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.193 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E199E
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 54.00, -57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 79.13, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0997 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.193 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1338, 5.5435, 32.8245)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E199E #599E19

analogous

#1B199E #5E199E #9E199B

triadic

#5E199E #9E5E19 #199E5E

tetradic

#5E199E #9E1B19 #599E19 #199B9E

square

#5E199E #9E1B19 #599E19 #199B9E

split-complementary

#5E199E #9B9E19 #199E1B

monochromatic

#1F0834 #3F1169 #5E199E #7D21D3 #9B4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#5E199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E199E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E199E	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.193 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360bc',
    500: '#5e199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e199e;
$custom-light: #9360bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.128,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40623,
    "c": 0.19313,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E199E

secondary

#87C54E

accent

#EF3890

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E199E

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

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