#5E259A#5E259A

#5E259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.177 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E259A
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, 48.33, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 71.97, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.0912 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.177 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1090, 6.0358, 31.1453)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E259A #619A25

analogous

#25269A #5E259A #99259A

triadic

#5E259A #9A5E25 #259A5E

tetradic

#5E259A #9A2526 #619A25 #259A99

square

#5E259A #9A2526 #619A25 #259A99

split-complementary

#5E259A #9A9925 #269A25

monochromatic

#220D37 #401969 #5E259A #7C31CB #9B60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#5E259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5E259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E259A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E259A	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.177 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9166b9',
    500: '#5e259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e259a;
$custom-light: #9166b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41403,
    "c": 0.17748,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E259A

secondary

#8FBE5D

accent

#E44396

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E259A

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

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