#5E2198#5E2198

#5E2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.180 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2198
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 49.56, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 72.82, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0953 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.18 302)
XYZ	xyz(10.8261, 5.7344, 30.2362)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2198 #5B9821

analogous

#232198 #5E2198 #982197

triadic

#5E2198 #985E21 #21985E

tetradic

#5E2198 #982321 #5B9821 #219798

square

#5E2198 #982321 #5B9821 #219798

split-complementary

#5E2198 #979821 #219823

monochromatic

#200B33 #3F1666 #5E2198 #7D2CCA #9B59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#5E2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2198

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2198	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.180 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b7',
    500: '#5e2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2198;
$custom-light: #9164b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.756,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40809,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2198

secondary

#89BF56

accent

#E74092

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2198

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

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