#5E298E#5E298E

#5E298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.160 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E298E
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 43.45, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 63.59, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0895 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.16 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2904, 5.9186, 26.1862)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E298E #598E29

analogous

#2B298E #5E298E #8E298B

triadic

#5E298E #8E5E29 #298E5E

tetradic

#5E298E #8E2B29 #598E29 #298B8E

square

#5E298E #8E2B29 #598E29 #298B8E

split-complementary

#5E298E #8B8E29 #298E2B

monochromatic

#1F0E2F #3F1B5F #5E298E #7D37BD #9B60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5E298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5E298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E298E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E298E	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.160 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067b0',
    500: '#5e298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e298e;
$custom-light: #9067b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40892,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E298E

secondary

#87B75C

accent

#DF4990

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E298E

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

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