#5E2185#5E2185

#5E2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.160 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2185
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 45.01, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 63.01, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% 0.0996 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.16 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3927, 5.1610, 22.6871)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2185 #488521

analogous

#2C2185 #5E2185 #85217A

triadic

#5E2185 #855E21 #21855E

tetradic

#5E2185 #852C21 #488521 #217A85

square

#5E2185 #852C21 #488521 #217A85

split-complementary

#5E2185 #7A8521 #21852C

monochromatic

#190923 #3B1554 #5E2185 #812DB6 #9F4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#5E2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5E2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2185

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2185	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.160 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063a9',
    500: '#5e2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2185;
$custom-light: #9063a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.6,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3924,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2185

secondary

#75B64C

accent

#E34482

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2185

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

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