#5E2490#5E2490

#5E2490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.168 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2490
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 144)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 75%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 46.31, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 67.26, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0944 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.168 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2799, 5.6551, 26.9301)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2490 #569024

analogous

#282490 #5E2490 #90248C

triadic

#5E2490 #905E24 #24905E

tetradic

#5E2490 #902824 #569024 #248C90

square

#5E2490 #902824 #569024 #248C90

split-complementary

#5E2490 #8C9024 #249028

monochromatic

#1E0C2E #3E185F #5E2490 #7E30C1 #9C59D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#5E2490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5E2490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2490

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2490	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.168 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b1',
    500: '#5e2490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2490;
$custom-light: #9065b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40457,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2490

secondary

#84BA56

accent

#E3458E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2490

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

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