#5E1E99#5E1E99

#5E1E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.184 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E99
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 153)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 51.01, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 74.65, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0976 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.184 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8287, 5.6081, 30.6428)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E99 #59991E

analogous

#211E99 #5E1E99 #991E96

triadic

#5E1E99 #995E1E #1E995E

tetradic

#5E1E99 #99211E #59991E #1E9699

square

#5E1E99 #99211E #59991E #1E9699

split-complementary

#5E1E99 #96991E #1E9921

monochromatic

#1F0A33 #3F1466 #5E1E99 #7D28CC #9B54DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#5E1E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5E1E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E99

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E99	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.184 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9262b8',
    500: '#5e1e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e99;
$custom-light: #9262b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.22,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40605,
    "c": 0.18372,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E99

secondary

#87C152

accent

#EA3E90

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E99

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

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