#5E1B9C#5E1B9C

#5E1B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.189 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B9C
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 156)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 82.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.28, 52.84, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.28, 77.38, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.099 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.189 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0073, 5.5638, 31.9401)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B9C #599C1B

analogous

#1D1B9C #5E1B9C #9C1B99

triadic

#5E1B9C #9C5E1B #1B9C5E

tetradic

#5E1B9C #9C1D1B #599C1B #1B999C

square

#5E1B9C #9C1D1B #599C1B #1B999C

split-complementary

#5E1B9C #999C1B #1B9C1D

monochromatic

#1F0934 #3F1268 #5E1B9C #7D24D0 #9B51E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5E1B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E1B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B9C

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B9C	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.189 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261ba',
    500: '#5e1b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b9c;
$custom-light: #9261ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.163,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40605,
    "c": 0.18948,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B9C

secondary

#87C34F

accent

#ED3B90

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B9C

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

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