#5E287C#5E287C

#5E287C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.141 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E287C
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 124)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 67.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, 39.57, -37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 54.58, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.0927 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.141 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0123, 5.3527, 19.6233)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E287C #467C28

analogous

#34287C #5E287C #7C2870

triadic

#5E287C #7C5E28 #287C5E

tetradic

#5E287C #7C3428 #467C28 #28707C

square

#5E287C #7C3428 #467C28 #28707C

split-complementary

#5E287C #707C28 #287C34

monochromatic

#180A1F #3B194E #5E287C #8137AA #A056C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#5E287C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5E287C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E287C

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E287C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E287C	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F427A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e287c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.141 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66a2',
    500: '#5e287c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e287c;
$custom-light: #8f66a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e287c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39409,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E287C

secondary

#73AD52

accent

#DB4D80

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E287C

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

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