#5E217D#5E217D

#5E217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.152 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E217D
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 43.15, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 58.87, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.1008 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.152 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8609, 4.9483, 19.8864)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E217D #407D21

analogous

#30217D #5E217D #7D216E

triadic

#5E217D #7D5E21 #217D5E

tetradic

#5E217D #7D3021 #407D21 #216E7D

square

#5E217D #7D3021 #407D21 #216E7D

split-complementary

#5E217D #6E7D21 #217D30

monochromatic

#15071C #3A144D #5E217D #822EAD #A249CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#5E217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5E217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E217D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E217D	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.152 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62a3',
    500: '#5e217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e217d;
$custom-light: #8f62a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.783,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38622,
    "c": 0.15158,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E217D

secondary

#6CB04A

accent

#E1467B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E217D

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

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