#5E218A#5E218A

#5E218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.165 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E218A
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.58, 46.19, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.58, 65.60, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0986 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.165 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7464, 5.3025, 24.5499)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E218A #4D8A21

analogous

#29218A #5E218A #8A2181

triadic

#5E218A #8A5E21 #218A5E

tetradic

#5E218A #8A2921 #4D8A21 #21818A

square

#5E218A #8A2921 #4D8A21 #21818A

split-complementary

#5E218A #818A21 #218A29

monochromatic

#1B0927 #3C1559 #5E218A #802DBB #9D50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#5E218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5E218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E218A

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E218A	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.165 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063ad',
    500: '#5e218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e218a;
$custom-light: #9063ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39639,
    "c": 0.16511,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E218A

secondary

#7BB94E

accent

#E54387

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E218A

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

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