#5E1E8B#5E1E8B

#5E1E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.170 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E8B
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.22, 47.68, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.22, 67.51, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.1013 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.17 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7396, 5.1724, 24.9064)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E8B #4B8B1E

analogous

#271E8B #5E1E8B #8B1E81

triadic

#5E1E8B #8B5E1E #1E8B5E

tetradic

#5E1E8B #8B271E #4B8B1E #1E818B

square

#5E1E8B #8B271E #4B8B1E #1E818B

split-complementary

#5E1E8B #818B1E #1E8B27

monochromatic

#1A0826 #3C1359 #5E1E8B #8029BD #9E4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#5E1E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5E1E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E8B

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E8B	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.170 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9061ae',
    500: '#5e1e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e8b;
$custom-light: #9061ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.229,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39411,
    "c": 0.16951,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E8B

secondary

#79BB4A

accent

#E74085

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E8B

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

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