#5E2690#5E2690

#5E2690 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.166 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2690
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 144)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 45.39, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 66.24, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0924 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.166 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3421, 5.7796, 26.9509)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2690 #589026

analogous

#292690 #5E2690 #90268D

triadic

#5E2690 #905E26 #26905E

tetradic

#5E2690 #902926 #589026 #268D90

square

#5E2690 #902926 #589026 #268D90

split-complementary

#5E2690 #8D9026 #269029

monochromatic

#1F0C2F #3E1960 #5E2690 #7E33C0 #9C5CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5E2690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5E2690 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2690

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2690	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.166 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066b1',
    500: '#5e2690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2690;
$custom-light: #9066b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 58.242,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40687,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2690

secondary

#86B959

accent

#E14690

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2690

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

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