#5E258E#5E258E

#5E258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.165 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E258E
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 45.36, -47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 65.70, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0938 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.165 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1590, 5.6559, 26.1424)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E258E #558E25

analogous

#29258E #5E258E #8E258A

triadic

#5E258E #8E5E25 #258E5E

tetradic

#5E258E #8E2925 #558E25 #258A8E

square

#5E258E #8E2925 #558E25 #258A8E

split-complementary

#5E258E #8A8E25 #258E29

monochromatic

#1E0C2D #3E185D #5E258E #7E32BF #9C5AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#5E258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5E258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E258E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E258E	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.165 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b0',
    500: '#5e258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e258e;
$custom-light: #9065b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40409,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E258E

secondary

#83B956

accent

#E2468D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E258E

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

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