#5E1E97#5E1E97

#5E1E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.182 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E97
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 50.52, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 73.64, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0982 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.182 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6649, 5.5426, 29.7801)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E97 #57971E

analogous

#221E97 #5E1E97 #971E93

triadic

#5E1E97 #975E1E #1E975E

tetradic

#5E1E97 #97221E #57971E #1E9397

square

#5E1E97 #97221E #57971E #1E9397

split-complementary

#5E1E97 #93971E #1E9722

monochromatic

#1E0A31 #3E1464 #5E1E97 #7E28CA #9C53DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#5E1E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E1E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E97

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E97	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.182 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9262b7',
    500: '#5e1e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e97;
$custom-light: #9262b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.736,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4043,
    "c": 0.18169,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E97

secondary

#85C051

accent

#EA3E8F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E97

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

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