#5E1B9E#5E1B9E

#5E1B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.191 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B9E
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 53.31, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 78.38, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0983 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.191 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1780, 5.6321, 32.8393)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B9E #5B9E1B

analogous

#1D1B9E #5E1B9E #9E1B9D

triadic

#5E1B9E #9E5E1B #1B9E5E

tetradic

#5E1B9E #9E1D1B #5B9E1B #1B9D9E

square

#5E1B9E #9E1D1B #5B9E1B #1B9D9E

split-complementary

#5E1B9E #9D9E1B #1B9E1D

monochromatic

#200935 #3F126A #5E1B9E #7D24D2 #9B52E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#5E1B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5E1B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B9E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B9E	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.191 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261bc',
    500: '#5e1b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b9e;
$custom-light: #9261bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.687,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40785,
    "c": 0.19147,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B9E

secondary

#89C451

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B9E

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

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