#5E2891#5E2891

#5E2891 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.164 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2891
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, 44.69, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 65.72, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% 0.0901 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.164 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4845, 5.9416, 27.3771)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.27

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2891 #5B9128

analogous

#2A2891 #5E2891 #912890

triadic

#5E2891 #915E28 #28915E

tetradic

#5E2891 #912A28 #5B9128 #289091

square

#5E2891 #912A28 #5B9128 #289091

split-complementary

#5E2891 #909128 #28912A

monochromatic

#200E31 #3F1B61 #5E2891 #7D35C1 #9B60D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#5E2891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5E2891 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2891

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2891	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.164 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067b2',
    500: '#5e2891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2891;
$custom-light: #9067b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41006,
    "c": 0.16412,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2891

secondary

#89B95C

accent

#E04892

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2891

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

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