#5E2596#5E2596

#5E2596 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.173 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2596
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.17, 47.33, -51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.17, 69.89, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0922 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.173 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7814, 5.9048, 29.4200)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2596 #5D9625

analogous

#252596 #5E2596 #962596

triadic

#5E2596 #965E25 #25965E

tetradic

#5E2596 #962525 #5D9625 #259696

square

#5E2596 #962525 #5D9625 #259696

split-complementary

#5E2596 #969625 #259625

monochromatic

#200D34 #3F1965 #5E2596 #7D31C7 #9B5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#5E2596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5E2596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2596

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2596	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.173 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b6',
    500: '#5e2596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2596;
$custom-light: #9165b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.265,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41066,
    "c": 0.17318,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2596

secondary

#8BBC5B

accent

#E44493

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2596

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

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