#5E279A#5E279A

#5E279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.175 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E279A
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 47.42, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 70.97, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0894 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.175 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1729, 6.1637, 31.1667)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E279A #639A27

analogous

#27299A #5E279A #97279A

triadic

#5E279A #9A5E27 #279A5E

tetradic

#5E279A #9A2729 #639A27 #279A97

square

#5E279A #9A2729 #639A27 #279A97

split-complementary

#5E279A #9A9727 #299A27

monochromatic

#220E38 #401B69 #5E279A #7C33CB #9B64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#5E279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5E279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E279A

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E279A	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.175 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167b9',
    500: '#5e279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e279a;
$custom-light: #9167b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41628,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E279A

secondary

#90BD5F

accent

#E34597

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E279A

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

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