#5E2691#5E2691

#5E2691 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.167 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2691
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 45.64, -48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 66.77, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0922 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.167 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4189, 5.8103, 27.3552)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2691 #599126

analogous

#282691 #5E2691 #91268E

triadic

#5E2691 #915E26 #26915E

tetradic

#5E2691 #912826 #599126 #268E91

square

#5E2691 #912826 #599126 #268E91

split-complementary

#5E2691 #8E9126 #269128

monochromatic

#1F0D30 #3F1961 #5E2691 #7D33C1 #9B5DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#5E2691 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5E2691 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2691

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2691	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2691	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2691;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.167 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066b2',
    500: '#5e2691',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2691;
$custom-light: #9066b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2691",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.402,
    "s": 58.47,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40768,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2691

secondary

#87BA59

accent

#E24690

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2691

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

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