#5E1A90#5E1A90

#5E1A90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.179 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1A90
RGB	rgb(94, 26, 144)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 81.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 50.38, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 71.74, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% 0.1034 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.179 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0184, 5.1322, 26.8430)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1A90 #4C901A

analogous

#231A90 #5E1A90 #901A87

triadic

#5E1A90 #905E1A #1A905E

tetradic

#5E1A90 #90231A #4C901A #1A8790

square

#5E1A90 #90231A #4C901A #1A8790

split-complementary

#5E1A90 #87901A #1A9023

monochromatic

#1A0728 #3C115C #5E1A90 #8023C4 #9E47DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#5E1A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5E1A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1A90

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1A90	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 26, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.179 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160b1',
    500: '#5e1a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1a90;
$custom-light: #9160b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.576,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39463,
    "c": 0.17853,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1A90

secondary

#7ABF47

accent

#EC3C86

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1A90

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

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