#5E2595#5E2595

#5E2595 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.172 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2595
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 149)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 47.09, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 69.37, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0924 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.172 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7012, 5.8727, 28.9977)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2595 #5C9525

analogous

#262595 #5E2595 #952594

triadic

#5E2595 #955E25 #25955E

tetradic

#5E2595 #952625 #5C9525 #259495

square

#5E2595 #952625 #5C9525 #259495

split-complementary

#5E2595 #949525 #259526

monochromatic

#200D33 #3F1964 #5E2595 #7D31C6 #9B5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#5E2595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E2595 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2595

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2595	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.172 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b5',
    500: '#5e2595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2595;
$custom-light: #9165b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.536,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40982,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2595

secondary

#8ABC5A

accent

#E34492

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2595

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

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