#5E268E#5E268E

#5E268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.163 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E268E
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 44.89, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 65.19, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0928 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.163 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1906, 5.7190, 26.1529)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E268E #568E26

analogous

#2A268E #5E268E #8E268A

triadic

#5E268E #8E5E26 #268E5E

tetradic

#5E268E #8E2A26 #568E26 #268A8E

square

#5E268E #8E2A26 #568E26 #268A8E

split-complementary

#5E268E #8A8E26 #268E2A

monochromatic

#1E0C2D #3E195E #5E268E #7E33BE #9C5BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5E268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E268E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E268E	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.163 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066b0',
    500: '#5e268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e268e;
$custom-light: #9066b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40526,
    "c": 0.16333,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E268E

secondary

#84B858

accent

#E1478E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E268E

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

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