#5E2991#5E2991

#5E2991 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.163 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2991
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 145)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, 44.20, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 65.19, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0891 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.163 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5187, 6.0099, 27.3884)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2991 #5C9129

analogous

#2A2991 #5E2991 #912990

triadic

#5E2991 #915E29 #29915E

tetradic

#5E2991 #912A29 #5C9129 #299091

square

#5E2991 #912A29 #5C9129 #299091

split-complementary

#5E2991 #909129 #29912A

monochromatic

#200E32 #3F1C61 #5E2991 #7D36C1 #9B62D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#5E2991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E2991 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2991

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2991	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.163 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9067b2',
    500: '#5e2991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2991;
$custom-light: #9067b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 55.914,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41129,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2991

secondary

#8AB85D

accent

#DF4992

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2991

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

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