#5E258C#5E258C

#5E258C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.162 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E258C
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 44.87, -46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 64.66, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0942 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.162 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0102, 5.5963, 25.3587)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E258C #538C25

analogous

#2B258C #5E258C #8C2587

triadic

#5E258C #8C5E25 #258C5E

tetradic

#5E258C #8C2B25 #538C25 #25878C

square

#5E258C #8C2B25 #538C25 #25878C

split-complementary

#5E258C #878C25 #258C2B

monochromatic

#1D0B2B #3D185C #5E258C #7F32BC #9C58D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#5E258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5E258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E258C

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E258C	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.162 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065ae',
    500: '#5e258c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e258c;
$custom-light: #9065ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.204,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40248,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E258C

secondary

#81B855

accent

#E1468C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E258C

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

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