#5E1E9B#5E1E9B

#5E1E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.186 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E9B
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 155)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 51.49, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 75.67, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.097 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.186 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9953, 5.6747, 31.5200)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E9B #5B9B1E

analogous

#201E9B #5E1E9B #9B1E9A

triadic

#5E1E9B #9B5E1E #1E9B5E

tetradic

#5E1E9B #9B201E #5B9B1E #1E9A9B

square

#5E1E9B #9B201E #5B9B1E #1E9A9B

split-complementary

#5E1E9B #9A9B1E #1E9B20

monochromatic

#200A34 #3F1468 #5E1E9B #7D28CE #9B55DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#5E1E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E1E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E9B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E9B	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.186 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9262b9',
    500: '#5e1e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e9b;
$custom-light: #9262b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.72,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40781,
    "c": 0.18575,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E9B

secondary

#89C253

accent

#EA3D92

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E9B

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

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