#5E218F#5E218F

#5E218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.170 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E218F
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 47.38, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 68.19, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0976 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.17 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1168, 5.4506, 26.5004)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E218F #528F21

analogous

#27218F #5E218F #8F2189

triadic

#5E218F #8F5E21 #218F5E

tetradic

#5E218F #8F2721 #528F21 #21898F

square

#5E218F #8F2721 #528F21 #21898F

split-complementary

#5E218F #898F21 #218F27

monochromatic

#1D0A2C #3D165D #5E218F #7F2CC1 #9C53D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#5E218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5E218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E218F

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E218F	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.170 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b1',
    500: '#5e218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e218f;
$custom-light: #9163b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.273,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40049,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E218F

secondary

#80BB51

accent

#E6428B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E218F

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

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