#5E2194#5E2194

#5E2194 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.176 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2194
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 148)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 77.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 48.59, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 70.77, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.0964 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.176 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5040, 5.6055, 28.5398)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2194 #579421

analogous

#242194 #5E2194 #942190

triadic

#5E2194 #945E21 #21945E

tetradic

#5E2194 #942421 #579421 #219094

square

#5E2194 #942421 #579421 #219094

split-complementary

#5E2194 #909421 #219424

monochromatic

#1E0B30 #3E1662 #5E2194 #7E2CC6 #9C56D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#5E2194 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5E2194 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2194

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2194	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2194	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2194;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.176 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b4',
    500: '#5e2194',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2194;
$custom-light: #9163b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2194",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.826,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40468,
    "c": 0.17552,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2194

secondary

#85BD54

accent

#E7418F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2194

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

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