#5E2585#5E2585

#5E2585 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.155 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2585
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 133)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 43.18, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 60.98, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0953 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.155 308)
XYZ	xyz(9.5104, 5.3964, 22.7264)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2585 #4C8525

analogous

#2E2585 #5E2585 #85257C

triadic

#5E2585 #855E25 #25855E

tetradic

#5E2585 #852E25 #4C8525 #257C85

square

#5E2585 #852E25 #4C8525 #257C85

split-complementary

#5E2585 #7C8525 #25852E

monochromatic

#1A0A25 #3C1855 #5E2585 #8032B5 #9E55D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#5E2585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5E2585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2585

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2585	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C4283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.155 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65a9',
    500: '#5e2585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2585;
$custom-light: #8f65a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39699,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.05396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2585

secondary

#7AB452

accent

#E04886

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2585

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

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