#5E1E8A#5E1E8A

#5E1E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.168 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E8A
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 47.45, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 67.00, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.1015 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.168 307)
XYZ	xyz(9.6668, 5.1433, 24.5233)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E8A #4A8A1E

analogous

#281E8A #5E1E8A #8A1E80

triadic

#5E1E8A #8A5E1E #1E8A5E

tetradic

#5E1E8A #8A281E #4A8A1E #1E808A

square

#5E1E8A #8A281E #4A8A1E #1E808A

split-complementary

#5E1E8A #808A1E #1E8A28

monochromatic

#1A0825 #3C1358 #5E1E8A #8029BC #9E4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#5E1E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5E1E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E8A

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E8A	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.168 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9061ad',
    500: '#5e1e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e8a;
$custom-light: #9061ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39329,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.05143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E8A

secondary

#77BA4A

accent

#E74184

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E8A

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

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