#5E279B#5E279B

#5E279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.176 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E279B
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 47.68, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 71.50, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0891 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.176 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2565, 6.1972, 31.6071)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E279B #649B27

analogous

#272A9B #5E279B #98279B

triadic

#5E279B #9B5E27 #279B5E

tetradic

#5E279B #9B272A #649B27 #279B98

square

#5E279B #9B272A #649B27 #279B98

split-complementary

#5E279B #9B9827 #2A9B27

monochromatic

#230E39 #401B6A #5E279B #7C33CC #9B64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#5E279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5E279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E279B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E279B	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.176 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167b9',
    500: '#5e279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e279b;
$custom-light: #9167b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.448,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41712,
    "c": 0.1763,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E279B

secondary

#91BE60

accent

#E34598

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E279B

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

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