#5E279F#5E279F

#5E279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.181 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E279F
RGB	rgb(94, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 48.69, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 73.58, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0882 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.181 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5980, 6.3338, 33.4057)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E279F #689F27

analogous

#272C9F #5E279F #9A279F

triadic

#5E279F #9F5E27 #279F5E

tetradic

#5E279F #9F272C #689F27 #279F9A

square

#5E279F #9F272C #689F27 #279F9A

split-complementary

#5E279F #9F9A27 #2C9F27

monochromatic

#240F3D #411B6E #5E279F #7B36CE #9B67DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#5E279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E279F

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E279F	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.181 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267bc',
    500: '#5e279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e279f;
$custom-light: #9267bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42052,
    "c": 0.18065,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E279F

secondary

#95C062

accent

#E4449B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E279F

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

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