#5E2296#5E2296

#5E2296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.177 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2296
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 48.65, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 71.33, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.095 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.177 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6918, 5.7257, 29.3901)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2296 #5A9622

analogous

#242296 #5E2296 #962294

triadic

#5E2296 #965E22 #22965E

tetradic

#5E2296 #962422 #5A9622 #229496

square

#5E2296 #962422 #5A9622 #229496

split-complementary

#5E2296 #949622 #229624

monochromatic

#1F0B32 #3F1764 #5E2296 #7D2DC8 #9B59D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#5E2296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E2296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2296

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2296	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.177 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b6',
    500: '#5e2296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2296;
$custom-light: #9164b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40741,
    "c": 0.17653,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2296

secondary

#88BE56

accent

#E64291

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2296

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

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