#5E2491#5E2491

#5E2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.169 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2491
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 46.55, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 67.78, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0942 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.169 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3566, 5.6858, 27.3344)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2491 #579124

analogous

#282491 #5E2491 #91248D

triadic

#5E2491 #915E24 #24915E

tetradic

#5E2491 #912824 #579124 #248D91

square

#5E2491 #912824 #579124 #248D91

split-complementary

#5E2491 #8D9124 #249128

monochromatic

#1E0C2F #3E1860 #5E2491 #7E30C2 #9C59D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#5E2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2491

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2491	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.169 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b2',
    500: '#5e2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2491;
$custom-light: #9165b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.927,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40539,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2491

secondary

#85BA56

accent

#E3448F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2491

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

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