#5E2184#5E2184

#5E2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.159 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2184
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 44.77, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 62.50, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0998 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.159 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3240, 5.1335, 22.3250)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2184 #478421

analogous

#2D2184 #5E2184 #842178

triadic

#5E2184 #845E21 #21845E

tetradic

#5E2184 #842D21 #478421 #217884

square

#5E2184 #842D21 #478421 #217884

split-complementary

#5E2184 #788421 #21842D

monochromatic

#180922 #3B1553 #5E2184 #812DB5 #9F4DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#5E2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5E2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2184

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2184	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#054182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.159 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063a8',
    500: '#5e2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2184;
$custom-light: #9063a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.97,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39161,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2184

secondary

#74B64B

accent

#E34581

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2184

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

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