#5E2295#5E2295

#5E2295 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.175 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2295
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 149)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 77.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 48.41, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 70.82, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.0952 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.175 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6117, 5.6937, 28.9679)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.96

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2295 #599522

analogous

#242295 #5E2295 #952292

triadic

#5E2295 #955E22 #22955E

tetradic

#5E2295 #952422 #599522 #229295

square

#5E2295 #952422 #599522 #229295

split-complementary

#5E2295 #929522 #229524

monochromatic

#1F0B31 #3F1763 #5E2295 #7D2DC7 #9B58D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#5E2295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E2295 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2295

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2295	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.175 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b5',
    500: '#5e2295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2295;
$custom-light: #9164b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40656,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2295

secondary

#87BD56

accent

#E64290

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2295

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

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