#5E2599#5E2599

#5E2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.176 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2599
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 48.08, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 71.45, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.0915 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.176 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0260, 6.0027, 30.7085)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2599 #609925

analogous

#252699 #5E2599 #982599

triadic

#5E2599 #995E25 #25995E

tetradic

#5E2599 #992526 #609925 #259998

square

#5E2599 #992526 #609925 #259998

split-complementary

#5E2599 #999825 #269925

monochromatic

#210D36 #401968 #5E2599 #7C31CA #9B60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#5E2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2599

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2599	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.176 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9166b8',
    500: '#5e2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2599;
$custom-light: #9166b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.483,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41318,
    "c": 0.1764,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2599

secondary

#8EBE5C

accent

#E44495

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2599

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

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