#5E298B#5E298B

#5E298B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.156 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E298B
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 42.70, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 62.00, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.09 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.156 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0682, 5.8297, 25.0159)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E298B #568B29

analogous

#2D298B #5E298B #8B2987

triadic

#5E298B #8B5E29 #298B5E

tetradic

#5E298B #8B2D29 #568B29 #29878B

square

#5E298B #8B2D29 #568B29 #29878B

split-complementary

#5E298B #878B29 #298B2D

monochromatic

#1E0D2C #3E1B5C #5E298B #7E37BA #9C5FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#5E298B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E298B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E298B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E298B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E298B	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e298b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.156 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067ae',
    500: '#5e298b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e298b;
$custom-light: #9067ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e298b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.449,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40657,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E298B

secondary

#84B55B

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E298B

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

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