#5E258F#5E258F

#5E258F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.166 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E258F
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 45.61, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 66.23, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0936 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.166 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2345, 5.6860, 26.5396)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E258F #568F25

analogous

#29258F #5E258F #8F258B

triadic

#5E258F #8F5E25 #258F5E

tetradic

#5E258F #8F2925 #568F25 #258B8F

square

#5E258F #8F2925 #568F25 #258B8F

split-complementary

#5E258F #8B8F25 #258F29

monochromatic

#1E0C2E #3E185E #5E258F #7E32C0 #9C5AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#5E258F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E258F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E258F

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E258F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E258F	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e258f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.166 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b1',
    500: '#5e258f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e258f;
$custom-light: #9065b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e258f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4049,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E258F

secondary

#84B957

accent

#E2468E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E258F

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

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