#5E218B#5E218B

#5E218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.166 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E218B
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.66, 46.42, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.66, 66.12, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.0984 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.166 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8191, 5.3316, 24.9329)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E218B #4E8B21

analogous

#29218B #5E218B #8B2183

triadic

#5E218B #8B5E21 #218B5E

tetradic

#5E218B #8B2921 #4E8B21 #21838B

square

#5E218B #8B2921 #4E8B21 #21838B

split-complementary

#5E218B #838B21 #218B29

monochromatic

#1B0A28 #3D155A #5E218B #7F2DBC #9D51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#5E218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5E218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E218B

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E218B	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.166 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063ae',
    500: '#5e218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e218b;
$custom-light: #9063ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.528,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3972,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E218B

secondary

#7CB94F

accent

#E54388

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E218B

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

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