#5E258B#5E258B

#5E258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.161 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E258B
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 44.63, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 64.13, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0944 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.161 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9368, 5.5670, 24.9721)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E258B #528B25

analogous

#2B258B #5E258B #8B2585

triadic

#5E258B #8B5E25 #258B5E

tetradic

#5E258B #8B2B25 #528B25 #25858B

square

#5E258B #8B2B25 #528B25 #25858B

split-complementary

#5E258B #858B25 #258B2B

monochromatic

#1D0B2A #3D185B #5E258B #7F32BB #9C58D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5E258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E258B

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E258B	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.161 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065ae',
    500: '#5e258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e258b;
$custom-light: #9065ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40169,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E258B

secondary

#80B755

accent

#E1478B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E258B

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

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