#5E2496#5E2496

#5E2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.174 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2496
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.01, 47.78, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.01, 70.38, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0931 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.174 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7507, 5.8434, 29.4098)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2496 #5C9624

analogous

#252496 #5E2496 #962495

triadic

#5E2496 #965E24 #24965E

tetradic

#5E2496 #962524 #5C9624 #249596

square

#5E2496 #962524 #5C9624 #249596

split-complementary

#5E2496 #959624 #249625

monochromatic

#200C33 #3F1865 #5E2496 #7D30C7 #9B5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5E2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2496

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2496	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.174 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b6',
    500: '#5e2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2496;
$custom-light: #9165b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40955,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2496

secondary

#8ABD59

accent

#E44392

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2496

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

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