#5E1C99#5E1C99

#5E1C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.186 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1C99
RGB	rgb(94, 28, 153)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 81.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 51.76, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 75.48, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0992 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.186 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7797, 5.5101, 30.6264)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1C99 #57991C

analogous

#1F1C99 #5E1C99 #991C95

triadic

#5E1C99 #995E1C #1C995E

tetradic

#5E1C99 #991F1C #57991C #1C9599

square

#5E1C99 #991F1C #57991C #1C9599

split-complementary

#5E1C99 #95991C #1C991F

monochromatic

#1E0932 #3E1365 #5E1C99 #7E25CD #9C50DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#5E1C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E1C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1C99

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1C99	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 28, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.186 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261b8',
    500: '#5e1c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1c99;
$custom-light: #9261b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.68,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40423,
    "c": 0.18559,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1C99

secondary

#85C24F

accent

#EC3C8F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1C99

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

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