#5E2097#5E2097

#5E2097 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2097
RGB	rgb(94, 32, 151)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 49.73, -53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 72.76, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0965 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.18 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7172, 5.6470, 29.7975)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2097 #599720

analogous

#232097 #5E2097 #972094

triadic

#5E2097 #975E20 #20975E

tetradic

#5E2097 #972320 #599720 #209497

square

#5E2097 #972320 #599720 #209497

split-complementary

#5E2097 #949720 #209723

monochromatic

#1F0B32 #3F1564 #5E2097 #7D2BC9 #9B56DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#5E2097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5E2097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2097

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2097	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 32, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b6',
    500: '#5e2097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2097;
$custom-light: #9163b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.261,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40623,
    "c": 0.17967,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2097

secondary

#87BF54

accent

#E84090

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2097

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

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