#5E2096#5E2096

#5E2096 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.179 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2096
RGB	rgb(94, 32, 150)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 49.49, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 72.25, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0967 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.179 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6363, 5.6147, 29.3716)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2096 #589620

analogous

#232096 #5E2096 #962093

triadic

#5E2096 #965E20 #20965E

tetradic

#5E2096 #962320 #589620 #209396

square

#5E2096 #962320 #589620 #209396

split-complementary

#5E2096 #939620 #209623

monochromatic

#1F0A31 #3E1564 #5E2096 #7E2BC8 #9C56DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#5E2096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5E2096 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2096

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2096	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 32, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.179 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b6',
    500: '#5e2096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2096;
$custom-light: #9163b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 64.835,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40537,
    "c": 0.17865,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2096

secondary

#86BE53

accent

#E84090

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2096

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

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