#5E1E8E#5E1E8E

#5E1E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.173 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E8E
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 48.39, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 69.05, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.1005 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.173 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9618, 5.2613, 26.0767)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E8E #4E8E1E

analogous

#261E8E #5E1E8E #8E1E86

triadic

#5E1E8E #8E5E1E #1E8E5E

tetradic

#5E1E8E #8E261E #4E8E1E #1E868E

square

#5E1E8E #8E261E #4E8E1E #1E868E

split-complementary

#5E1E8E #868E1E #1E8E26

monochromatic

#1B0929 #3D135B #5E1E8E #7F29C1 #9D4DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#5E1E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5E1E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E8E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E8E	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.173 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9162b0',
    500: '#5e1e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e8e;
$custom-light: #9162b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39661,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E8E

secondary

#7CBC4C

accent

#E84088

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E8E

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

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