#5E2987#5E2987

#5E2987 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.152 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2987
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 135)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 41.72, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 59.87, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0905 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.152 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7813, 5.7149, 23.5048)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2987 #528729

analogous

#2F2987 #5E2987 #872981

triadic

#5E2987 #875E29 #29875E

tetradic

#5E2987 #872F29 #528729 #298187

square

#5E2987 #872F29 #528729 #298187

split-complementary

#5E2987 #818729 #29872F

monochromatic

#1D0C29 #3D1B58 #5E2987 #7F37B6 #9C5DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5E2987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5E2987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2987

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2987	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.152 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67ab',
    500: '#5e2987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2987;
$custom-light: #8f67ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 53.409,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40351,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2987

secondary

#80B359

accent

#DD4B8B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2987

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

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