#5E218D#5E218D

#5E218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.168 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E218D
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.82, 46.90, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.82, 67.16, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.098 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.168 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9666, 5.3906, 25.7096)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E218D #508D21

analogous

#28218D #5E218D #8D2186

triadic

#5E218D #8D5E21 #218D5E

tetradic

#5E218D #8D2821 #508D21 #21868D

square

#5E218D #8D2821 #508D21 #21868D

split-complementary

#5E218D #868D21 #218D28

monochromatic

#1C0A2A #3D155B #5E218D #7F2DBF #9D52D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#5E218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5E218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E218D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E218D	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.168 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063af',
    500: '#5e218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e218d;
$custom-light: #9063af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39884,
    "c": 0.16823,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E218D

secondary

#7EBA50

accent

#E54389

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E218D

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

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