#5E2197#5E2197

#5E2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.179 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2197
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 49.32, -52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 72.31, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.0956 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.179 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7445, 5.7017, 29.8066)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2197 #5A9721

analogous

#232197 #5E2197 #972195

triadic

#5E2197 #975E21 #21975E

tetradic

#5E2197 #972321 #5A9721 #219597

square

#5E2197 #972321 #5A9721 #219597

split-complementary

#5E2197 #959721 #219723

monochromatic

#1F0B33 #3F1665 #5E2197 #7D2CC9 #9B58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#5E2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2197

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2197	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.179 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9163b6',
    500: '#5e2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2197;
$custom-light: #9163b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.017,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40723,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2197

secondary

#88BE55

accent

#E74191

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2197

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

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