#5E2391#5E2391

#5E2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.170 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2391
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 47.00, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 68.27, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0952 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.17 304)
XYZ	xyz(10.3268, 5.6261, 27.3245)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2391 #569123

analogous

#272391 #5E2391 #91238D

triadic

#5E2391 #915E23 #23915E

tetradic

#5E2391 #912723 #569123 #238D91

square

#5E2391 #912723 #569123 #238D91

split-complementary

#5E2391 #8D9123 #239127

monochromatic

#1E0B2E #3E1760 #5E2391 #7E2FC2 #9C58D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#5E2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5E2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2391

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2391	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.170 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b2',
    500: '#5e2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2391;
$custom-light: #9164b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40429,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.05626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2391

secondary

#84BB55

accent

#E4448E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2391

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

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