#5E259B#5E259B

#5E259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.179 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E259B
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 48.58, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 72.49, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.091 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.179 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1926, 6.0693, 31.5858)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E259B #629B25

analogous

#25279B #5E259B #99259B

triadic

#5E259B #9B5E25 #259B5E

tetradic

#5E259B #9B2527 #629B25 #259B99

square

#5E259B #9B2527 #629B25 #259B99

split-complementary

#5E259B #9B9925 #279B25

monochromatic

#220D38 #40196A #5E259B #7C31CC #9B61D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#5E259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5E259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E259B

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E259B	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.179 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9266b9',
    500: '#5e259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e259b;
$custom-light: #9266b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41488,
    "c": 0.17855,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E259B

secondary

#90BF5D

accent

#E54397

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E259B

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

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