#5E257E#5E257E

#5E257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.147 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E257E
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 41.52, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 57.30, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0962 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.147 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0428, 5.2094, 20.2638)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E257E #457E25

analogous

#32257E #5E257E #7E2572

triadic

#5E257E #7E5E25 #257E5E

tetradic

#5E257E #7E3225 #457E25 #25727E

square

#5E257E #7E3225 #457E25 #25727E

split-complementary

#5E257E #727E25 #257E32

monochromatic

#17091F #3B174F #5E257E #8133AD #A051CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#5E257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5E257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E257E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E257E	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19427C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.147 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64a4',
    500: '#5e257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e257e;
$custom-light: #8f64a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.427,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39171,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E257E

secondary

#72B04F

accent

#DE4A7F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E257E

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

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