#5E2399#5E2399

#5E2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.179 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2399
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, 48.96, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 72.41, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.0933 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.179 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9655, 5.8816, 30.6884)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2399 #5E9923

analogous

#232399 #5E2399 #992399

triadic

#5E2399 #995E23 #23995E

tetradic

#5E2399 #992323 #5E9923 #239999

square

#5E2399 #992323 #5E9923 #239999

split-complementary

#5E2399 #999923 #239923

monochromatic

#210C35 #3F1867 #5E2399 #7D2ECB #9B5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#5E2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5E2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2399

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2399	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.179 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b8',
    500: '#5e2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2399;
$custom-light: #9165b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41102,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2399

secondary

#8CBE59

accent

#E64294

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2399

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

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