#5E2591#5E2591

#5E2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.168 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2591
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 46.10, -49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 67.28, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0932 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.168 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3873, 5.7472, 27.3447)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2591 #589125

analogous

#282591 #5E2591 #91258E

triadic

#5E2591 #915E25 #25915E

tetradic

#5E2591 #912825 #589125 #258E91

square

#5E2591 #912825 #589125 #258E91

split-complementary

#5E2591 #8E9125 #259128

monochromatic

#1F0C2F #3E1960 #5E2591 #7E31C2 #9C5BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#5E2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2591

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2591	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.168 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b2',
    500: '#5e2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2591;
$custom-light: #9165b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40652,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2591

secondary

#86BA58

accent

#E34590

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2591

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

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