#5E21AA#5E21AA

#5E21AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.198 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E21AA
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 170)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 54.00, -61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 81.97, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0901 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.198 297)
XYZ	xyz(12.4137, 6.3694, 38.5978)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E21AA #6DAA21

analogous

#2129AA #5E21AA #A221AA

triadic

#5E21AA #AA5E21 #21AA5E

tetradic

#5E21AA #AA2129 #6DAA21 #21AAA2

square

#5E21AA #AA2129 #6DAA21 #21AAA2

split-complementary

#5E21AA #AAA221 #29AA21

monochromatic

#250D43 #421777 #5E21AA #7B31D7 #9C64E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#5E21AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E21AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E21AA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E21AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E21AA	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e21aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.198 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9365c4',
    500: '#5e21aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e21aa;
$custom-light: #9365c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e21aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.715,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4241,
    "c": 0.19834,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E21AA

secondary

#99C661

accent

#EA3D9D

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E21AA

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

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