#5E259E#5E259E

#5E259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.182 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E259E
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 49.34, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 74.04, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0903 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.182 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4477, 6.1713, 32.9292)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E259E #659E25

analogous

#25299E #5E259E #9A259E

triadic

#5E259E #9E5E25 #259E5E

tetradic

#5E259E #9E2529 #659E25 #259E9A

square

#5E259E #9E2529 #659E25 #259E9A

split-complementary

#5E259E #9E9A25 #299E25

monochromatic

#230E3B #40196C #5E259E #7C31CF #9B63DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#5E259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5E259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E259E

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E259E	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.182 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9266bc',
    500: '#5e259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e259e;
$custom-light: #9266bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.264,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41745,
    "c": 0.18176,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E259E

secondary

#92C05F

accent

#E54399

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E259E

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

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