#5E2897#5E2897

#5E2897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.171 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2897
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 46.20, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 68.89, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.089 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.171 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9594, 6.1316, 29.8783)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2897 #619728

analogous

#282A97 #5E2897 #952897

triadic

#5E2897 #975E28 #28975E

tetradic

#5E2897 #97282A #619728 #289795

square

#5E2897 #97282A #619728 #289795

split-complementary

#5E2897 #979528 #2A9728

monochromatic

#220E36 #401B67 #5E2897 #7C35C7 #9B64D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#5E2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5E2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2897

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2897	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.171 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167b6',
    500: '#5e2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2897;
$custom-light: #9167b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41495,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2897

secondary

#8FBC5F

accent

#E14696

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2897

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

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