#5E2398#5E2398

#5E2398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.178 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2398
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 48.71, -52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 71.89, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0936 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.178 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8833, 5.8487, 30.2552)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2398 #5D9823

analogous

#232398 #5E2398 #982398

triadic

#5E2398 #985E23 #23985E

tetradic

#5E2398 #982323 #5D9823 #239898

square

#5E2398 #982323 #5D9823 #239898

split-complementary

#5E2398 #989823 #239823

monochromatic

#200C35 #3F1866 #5E2398 #7D2ECA #9B5CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5E2398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E2398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2398

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2398	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.178 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164b7',
    500: '#5e2398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2398;
$custom-light: #9164b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.256,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41016,
    "c": 0.17755,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2398

secondary

#8BBE59

accent

#E64293

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2398

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

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