#5E248E#5E248E

#5E248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.166 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E248E
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 45.82, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 66.21, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0948 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.166 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1284, 5.5945, 26.1322)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E248E #548E24

analogous

#29248E #5E248E #8E2489

triadic

#5E248E #8E5E24 #248E5E

tetradic

#5E248E #8E2924 #548E24 #24898E

square

#5E248E #8E2924 #548E24 #24898E

split-complementary

#5E248E #898E24 #248E29

monochromatic

#1D0B2C #3E185D #5E248E #7E30BF #9C58D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#5E248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5E248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E248E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E248E	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.166 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b0',
    500: '#5e248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e248e;
$custom-light: #9065b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40294,
    "c": 0.16578,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E248E

secondary

#82B955

accent

#E3458C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E248E

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

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