#5E2397#5E2397

#5E2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.176 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2397
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 48.47, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 71.38, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0938 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.177 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8017, 5.8161, 29.8257)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2397 #5C9723

analogous

#242397 #5E2397 #972396

triadic

#5E2397 #975E23 #23975E

tetradic

#5E2397 #972423 #5C9723 #239697

square

#5E2397 #972423 #5C9723 #239697

split-complementary

#5E2397 #969723 #239724

monochromatic

#200C34 #3F1765 #5E2397 #7D2FC9 #9B5BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#5E2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5E2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2397

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2397	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.176 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b6',
    500: '#5e2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2397;
$custom-light: #9164b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.517,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40931,
    "c": 0.1765,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2397

secondary

#8ABE58

accent

#E54292

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2397

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

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