#5E2181#5E2181

#5E2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.156 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2181
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 44.07, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 60.94, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.1003 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.156 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1216, 5.0526, 21.2593)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2181 #448121

analogous

#2E2181 #5E2181 #812174

triadic

#5E2181 #815E21 #21815E

tetradic

#5E2181 #812E21 #448121 #217481

square

#5E2181 #812E21 #448121 #217481

split-complementary

#5E2181 #748121 #21812E

monochromatic

#170820 #3A1550 #5E2181 #822DB2 #A04BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#5E2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2181

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2181	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D407F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.156 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62a6',
    500: '#5e2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2181;
$custom-light: #8f62a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.125,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38927,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2181

secondary

#71B44A

accent

#E2457F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2181

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

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