#5E21A4#5E21A4

#5E21A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.192 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E21A4
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 164)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 79.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 52.51, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 78.95, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0919 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.192 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8591, 6.1475, 35.6766)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E21A4 #67A421

analogous

#2125A4 #5E21A4 #9F21A4

triadic

#5E21A4 #A45E21 #21A45E

tetradic

#5E21A4 #A42125 #67A421 #21A49F

square

#5E21A4 #A42125 #67A421 #21A49F

split-complementary

#5E21A4 #A49F21 #25A421

monochromatic

#240C3E #411771 #5E21A4 #7B2DD5 #9B60DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#5E21A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5E21A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E21A4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E21A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E21A4	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e21a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.192 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9364c0',
    500: '#5e21a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e21a4;
$custom-light: #9364c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e21a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.939,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41866,
    "c": 0.19214,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E21A4

secondary

#94C45D

accent

#E93E9A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E21A4

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