#5E2290#5E2290

#5E2290 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.170 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2290
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 144)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 47.19, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 68.23, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0964 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.17 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2210, 5.5374, 26.9105)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2290 #549022

analogous

#272290 #5E2290 #90228B

triadic

#5E2290 #905E22 #22905E

tetradic

#5E2290 #902722 #549022 #228B90

square

#5E2290 #902722 #549022 #228B90

split-complementary

#5E2290 #8B9022 #229027

monochromatic

#1D0B2D #3E165E #5E2290 #7E2EC2 #9C55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#5E2290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E2290 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2290

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2290	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.170 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b1',
    500: '#5e2290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2290;
$custom-light: #9164b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40238,
    "c": 0.17023,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2290

secondary

#82BB53

accent

#E5438D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2290

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

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