#5E1E95#5E1E95

#5E1E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.180 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E95
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 149)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 79.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.06, 50.05, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.06, 72.62, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0987 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.18 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5039, 5.4782, 28.9320)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E95 #55951E

analogous

#231E95 #5E1E95 #951E90

triadic

#5E1E95 #955E1E #1E955E

tetradic

#5E1E95 #95231E #55951E #1E9095

square

#5E1E95 #95231E #55951E #1E9095

split-complementary

#5E1E95 #90951E #1E9523

monochromatic

#1E092F #3E1462 #5E1E95 #7E28C8 #9C51DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#5E1E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E1E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E95

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E95	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.180 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9162b5',
    500: '#5e1e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e95;
$custom-light: #9162b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.269,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40257,
    "c": 0.17966,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E95

secondary

#83BF50

accent

#E93E8D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E95

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

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