#5E2494#5E2494

#5E2494 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.172 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2494
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 148)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 75.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 47.29, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 69.34, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0936 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.172 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5910, 5.7795, 28.5688)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2494 #5A9424

analogous

#262494 #5E2494 #942492

triadic

#5E2494 #945E24 #24945E

tetradic

#5E2494 #942624 #5A9424 #249294

square

#5E2494 #942624 #5A9424 #249294

split-complementary

#5E2494 #929424 #249426

monochromatic

#1F0C32 #3F1863 #5E2494 #7D30C5 #9B5BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5E2494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5E2494 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2494

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2494	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.172 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b4',
    500: '#5e2494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2494;
$custom-light: #9165b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40787,
    "c": 0.17218,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2494

secondary

#88BC58

accent

#E44491

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2494

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

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