#5E2696#5E2696

#5E2696 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.172 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2696
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.33, 46.88, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.33, 69.39, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0912 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.172 302)
XYZ	xyz(10.8129, 5.9679, 29.4305)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2696 #5E9626

analogous

#262696 #5E2696 #962696

triadic

#5E2696 #965E26 #26965E

tetradic

#5E2696 #962626 #5E9626 #269696

square

#5E2696 #962626 #5E9626 #269696

split-complementary

#5E2696 #969626 #269626

monochromatic

#210D34 #3F1A65 #5E2696 #7D32C7 #9B60D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#5E2696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5E2696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2696

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2696	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.172 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9166b6',
    500: '#5e2696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2696;
$custom-light: #9166b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41179,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2696

secondary

#8CBC5C

accent

#E34594

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2696

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

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