#5E2597#5E2597

#5E2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.174 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2597
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 47.58, -51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 70.41, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.0919 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.174 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8622, 5.9371, 29.8459)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2597 #5E9725

analogous

#252597 #5E2597 #972597

triadic

#5E2597 #975E25 #25975E

tetradic

#5E2597 #972525 #5E9725 #259797

square

#5E2597 #972525 #5E9725 #259797

split-complementary

#5E2597 #979725 #259725

monochromatic

#210D35 #3F1966 #5E2597 #7D31C8 #9B5FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#5E2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5E2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2597

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2597	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.174 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165b6',
    500: '#5e2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2597;
$custom-light: #9165b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41149,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2597

secondary

#8CBD5B

accent

#E44494

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2597

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

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