#5E2699#5E2699

#5E2699 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.175 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2699
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, 47.63, -52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 70.95, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0905 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.175 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0576, 6.0657, 30.7191)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2699 #619926

analogous

#262899 #5E2699 #972699

triadic

#5E2699 #995E26 #26995E

tetradic

#5E2699 #992628 #619926 #269997

square

#5E2699 #992628 #619926 #269997

split-complementary

#5E2699 #999726 #289926

monochromatic

#220E37 #401A68 #5E2699 #7C32CA #9B62D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#5E2699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5E2699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2699

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2699	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.175 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9166b8',
    500: '#5e2699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2699;
$custom-light: #9166b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.217,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4143,
    "c": 0.17527,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2699

secondary

#8FBD5E

accent

#E34496

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2699

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

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