#5E217F#5E217F

#5E217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.154 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E217F
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 43.61, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 59.91, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.1006 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.154 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9900, 4.9999, 20.5661)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E217F #427F21

analogous

#2F217F #5E217F #7F2171

triadic

#5E217F #7F5E21 #217F5E

tetradic

#5E217F #7F2F21 #427F21 #21717F

square

#5E217F #7F2F21 #427F21 #21717F

split-complementary

#5E217F #717F21 #217F2F

monochromatic

#16081E #3A144E #5E217F #822EB0 #A14AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#5E217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5E217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E217F

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E217F	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11407D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.154 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62a5',
    500: '#5e217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e217f;
$custom-light: #8f62a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.936,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38774,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E217F

secondary

#6EB24A

accent

#E2467D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E217F

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