#5E1A8E#5E1A8E

#5E1A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.177 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1A8E
RGB	rgb(94, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, 49.91, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 70.74, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.1039 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.177 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8669, 5.0716, 26.0450)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1A8E #4A8E1A

analogous

#241A8E #5E1A8E #8E1A84

triadic

#5E1A8E #8E5E1A #1A8E5E

tetradic

#5E1A8E #8E241A #4A8E1A #1A848E

square

#5E1A8E #8E241A #4A8E1A #1A848E

split-complementary

#5E1A8E #848E1A #1A8E24

monochromatic

#1A0727 #3C115A #5E1A8E #8023C2 #9E45DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#5E1A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E1A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1A8E

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1A8E	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.177 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160b0',
    500: '#5e1a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1a8e;
$custom-light: #9160b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39291,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1A8E

secondary

#77BE45

accent

#EC3C85

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1A8E

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

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