#5E2196#5E2196

#5E2196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.178 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2196
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 78%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 49.07, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 71.80, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0959 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.178 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6637, 5.6694, 29.3808)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2196 #599621

analogous

#232196 #5E2196 #962193

triadic

#5E2196 #965E21 #21965E

tetradic

#5E2196 #962321 #599621 #219396

square

#5E2196 #962321 #599621 #219396

split-complementary

#5E2196 #939621 #219623

monochromatic

#1F0B32 #3F1664 #5E2196 #7D2CC8 #9B57DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#5E2196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5E2196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2196

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2196	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.178 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b6',
    500: '#5e2196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2196;
$custom-light: #9163b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.282,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40638,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2196

secondary

#87BE55

accent

#E74190

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2196

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

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