#5E2899#5E2899

#5E2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.173 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2899
RGB	rgb(94, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 46.70, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 69.94, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0886 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.173 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1232, 6.1971, 30.7410)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2899 #639928

analogous

#282A99 #5E2899 #972899

triadic

#5E2899 #995E28 #28995E

tetradic

#5E2899 #99282A #639928 #289997

square

#5E2899 #99282A #639928 #289997

split-complementary

#5E2899 #999728 #2A9928

monochromatic

#220F38 #401B68 #5E2899 #7C35CA #9B65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#5E2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5E2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2899

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2899	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)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.173 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9167b8',
    500: '#5e2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2899;
$custom-light: #9167b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.673,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4166,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2899

secondary

#90BD60

accent

#E24697

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2899

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

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