#5E1E9A#5E1E9A

#5E1E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.185 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E9A
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 154)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 80.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 51.25, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 75.16, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0973 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.185 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9117, 5.6413, 31.0796)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E9A #5A9A1E

analogous

#201E9A #5E1E9A #9A1E98

triadic

#5E1E9A #9A5E1E #1E9A5E

tetradic

#5E1E9A #9A201E #5A9A1E #1E989A

square

#5E1E9A #9A201E #5A9A1E #1E989A

split-complementary

#5E1E9A #989A1E #1E9A20

monochromatic

#1F0A34 #3F1467 #5E1E9A #7D28CD #9B55DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#5E1E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5E1E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E9A

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E9A	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.185 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9262b9',
    500: '#5e1e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e9a;
$custom-light: #9262b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40692,
    "c": 0.18473,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E9A

secondary

#88C153

accent

#EA3E91

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E9A

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

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