#5E218E#5E218E

#5E218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.169 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E218E
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 47.14, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 67.67, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0978 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.169 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0413, 5.4205, 26.1032)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E218E #518E21

analogous

#28218E #5E218E #8E2188

triadic

#5E218E #8E5E21 #218E5E

tetradic

#5E218E #8E2821 #518E21 #21888E

square

#5E218E #8E2821 #518E21 #21888E

split-complementary

#5E218E #888E21 #218E28

monochromatic

#1C0A2B #3D155C #5E218E #7F2DC0 #9D52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#5E218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5E218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E218E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E218E	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.169 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b0',
    500: '#5e218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e218e;
$custom-light: #9063b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.578,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39966,
    "c": 0.16928,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E218E

secondary

#7FBA50

accent

#E5428A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E218E

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

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