#5E2790#5E2790

#5E2790 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.164 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2790
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 144)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, 44.92, -47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 65.72, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0914 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.164 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3745, 5.8444, 26.9617)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2790 #599027

analogous

#2A2790 #5E2790 #90278D

triadic

#5E2790 #905E27 #27905E

tetradic

#5E2790 #902A27 #599027 #278D90

square

#5E2790 #902A27 #599027 #278D90

split-complementary

#5E2790 #8D9027 #27902A

monochromatic

#1F0D30 #3F1A60 #5E2790 #7D34C0 #9B5ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5E2790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E2790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2790

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2790	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.164 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066b1',
    500: '#5e2790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2790;
$custom-light: #9066b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40805,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2790

secondary

#87B95A

accent

#E14790

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2790

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

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