#5E2492#5E2492

#5E2492 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.170 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2492
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 146)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 46.80, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 68.30, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.094 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.17 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4341, 5.7168, 27.7423)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2492 #589224

analogous

#272492 #5E2492 #92248F

triadic

#5E2492 #925E24 #24925E

tetradic

#5E2492 #922724 #589224 #248F92

square

#5E2492 #922724 #589224 #248F92

split-complementary

#5E2492 #8F9224 #249227

monochromatic

#1F0C30 #3E1861 #5E2492 #7E30C3 #9C5AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5E2492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E2492 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2492

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2492	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.170 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b3',
    500: '#5e2492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2492;
$custom-light: #9165b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40622,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2492

secondary

#86BB57

accent

#E44490

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2492

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

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