#5E2183#5E2183

#5E2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.158 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2183
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 44.54, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 61.98, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0999 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.158 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2559, 5.1063, 21.9663)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2183 #468321

analogous

#2D2183 #5E2183 #832177

triadic

#5E2183 #835E21 #21835E

tetradic

#5E2183 #832D21 #468321 #217783

square

#5E2183 #832D21 #468321 #217783

split-complementary

#5E2183 #778321 #21832D

monochromatic

#180821 #3B1552 #5E2183 #812DB4 #A04CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#5E2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5E2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2183

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2183	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#084181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.158 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9062a8',
    500: '#5e2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2183;
$custom-light: #9062a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.347,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39083,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2183

secondary

#73B54B

accent

#E34581

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2183

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

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