#5E2291#5E2291

#5E2291 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.171 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2291
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 145)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 47.43, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 68.75, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0962 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.171 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.2978, 5.5681, 27.3148)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2291 #559122

analogous

#262291 #5E2291 #91228D

triadic

#5E2291 #915E22 #22915E

tetradic

#5E2291 #912622 #559122 #228D91

square

#5E2291 #912622 #559122 #228D91

split-complementary

#5E2291 #8D9122 #229126

monochromatic

#1E0B2E #3E165F #5E2291 #7E2EC3 #9C56D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5E2291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E2291 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2291

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2291	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.171 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b2',
    500: '#5e2291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2291;
$custom-light: #9164b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40321,
    "c": 0.17128,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2291

secondary

#83BB53

accent

#E5438D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2291

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

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