#5E2997#5E2997

#5E2997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.170 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2997
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 45.72, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 68.36, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.088 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.17 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9936, 6.1999, 29.8897)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2997 #629729

analogous

#292B97 #5E2997 #952997

triadic

#5E2997 #975E29 #29975E

tetradic

#5E2997 #97292B #629729 #299795

square

#5E2997 #97292B #629729 #299795

split-complementary

#5E2997 #979529 #2B9729

monochromatic

#220F37 #401C67 #5E2997 #7C36C7 #9B65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#5E2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5E2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2997

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2997	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)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.170 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9168b6',
    500: '#5e2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2997;
$custom-light: #9168b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.909,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41615,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2997

secondary

#90BB61

accent

#E14797

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2997

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

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