#5E2199#5E2199

#5E2199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.181 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2199
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 49.80, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 73.34, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0951 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.181 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9083, 5.7673, 30.6693)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2199 #5C9921

analogous

#222199 #5E2199 #992198

triadic

#5E2199 #995E21 #21995E

tetradic

#5E2199 #992221 #5C9921 #219899

square

#5E2199 #992221 #5C9921 #219899

split-complementary

#5E2199 #989921 #219922

monochromatic

#200B34 #3F1667 #5E2199 #7D2CCB #9B59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#5E2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2199

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2199	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.181 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9264b8',
    500: '#5e2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2199;
$custom-light: #9264b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40895,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2199

secondary

#8ABF56

accent

#E84093

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2199

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

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