#5E2791#5E2791

#5E2791 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.165 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2791
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 45.17, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 66.25, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0912 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.165 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4513, 5.8751, 27.3660)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2791 #5A9127

analogous

#292791 #5E2791 #91278F

triadic

#5E2791 #915E27 #27915E

tetradic

#5E2791 #912927 #5A9127 #278F91

square

#5E2791 #912927 #5A9127 #278F91

split-complementary

#5E2791 #8F9127 #279129

monochromatic

#1F0D31 #3F1A61 #5E2791 #7D34C1 #9B5FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#5E2791 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E2791 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2791

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2791	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2791	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2791;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.165 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066b2',
    500: '#5e2791',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2791;
$custom-light: #9066b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2791",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40886,
    "c": 0.16537,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2791

secondary

#88B95B

accent

#E14791

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2791

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

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