#5E2394#5E2394

#5E2394 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.173 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2394
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 148)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 76.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 47.73, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 69.82, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0945 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.173 303)
XYZ	xyz(10.5612, 5.7199, 28.5589)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2394 #599423

analogous

#252394 #5E2394 #942391

triadic

#5E2394 #945E23 #23945E

tetradic

#5E2394 #942523 #599423 #239194

square

#5E2394 #942523 #599423 #239194

split-complementary

#5E2394 #919423 #239425

monochromatic

#1F0C31 #3F1763 #5E2394 #7D2FC5 #9B5AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#5E2394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E2394 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2394

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2394	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.173 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b4',
    500: '#5e2394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2394;
$custom-light: #9164b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.327,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40678,
    "c": 0.17332,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.0572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2394

secondary

#87BC57

accent

#E54390

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2394

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

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