#5E259D#5E259D

#5E259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.181 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E259D
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 49.08, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 73.52, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0905 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.181 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3619, 6.1370, 32.4777)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E259D #649D25

analogous

#25289D #5E259D #9A259D

triadic

#5E259D #9D5E25 #259D5E

tetradic

#5E259D #9D2528 #649D25 #259D9A

square

#5E259D #9D2528 #649D25 #259D9A

split-complementary

#5E259D #9D9A25 #289D25

monochromatic

#230E3A #40196B #5E259D #7C31CE #9B62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#5E259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5E259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E259D

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E259D	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.181 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9266bb',
    500: '#5e259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e259d;
$custom-light: #9266bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41659,
    "c": 0.18069,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E259D

secondary

#91BF5E

accent

#E54398

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E259D

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

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