#5E2999#5E2999

#5E2999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.172 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2999
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 46.23, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 69.42, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0876 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.172 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1574, 6.2654, 30.7523)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2999 #649929

analogous

#292C99 #5E2999 #962999

triadic

#5E2999 #995E29 #29995E

tetradic

#5E2999 #99292C #649929 #299996

square

#5E2999 #99292C #649929 #299996

split-complementary

#5E2999 #999629 #2C9929

monochromatic

#230F38 #401C69 #5E2999 #7C36C9 #9B66D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#5E2999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5E2999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2999

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2999	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.172 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9168b8',
    500: '#5e2999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2999;
$custom-light: #9168b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.393,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41779,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2999

secondary

#91BC62

accent

#E14798

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2999

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

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