#5E208B#5E208B

#5E208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.167 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E208B
RGB	rgb(94, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.51, 46.85, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.51, 66.60, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% 0.0994 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.167 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7918, 5.2769, 24.9238)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E208B #4D8B20

analogous

#28208B #5E208B #8B2082

triadic

#5E208B #8B5E20 #208B5E

tetradic

#5E208B #8B2820 #4D8B20 #20828B

square

#5E208B #8B2820 #4D8B20 #20828B

split-complementary

#5E208B #828B20 #208B28

monochromatic

#1B0928 #3C1559 #5E208B #802BBD #9D4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#5E208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5E208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E208B

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E208B	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.167 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9062ae',
    500: '#5e208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e208b;
$custom-light: #9062ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.766,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39615,
    "c": 0.16729,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E208B

secondary

#7BBA4D

accent

#E64287

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E208B

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

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