#5E299C#5E299C

#5E299C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.175 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E299C
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 47.00, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 71.00, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.087 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.175 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4083, 6.3657, 32.0737)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E299C #679C29

analogous

#292D9C #5E299C #97299C

triadic

#5E299C #9C5E29 #299C5E

tetradic

#5E299C #9C292D #679C29 #299C97

square

#5E299C #9C292D #679C29 #299C97

split-complementary

#5E299C #9C9729 #2D9C29

monochromatic

#24103B #411C6C #5E299C #7B38CB #9B68D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#5E299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E299C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E299C	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.175 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9168ba',
    500: '#5e299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e299c;
$custom-light: #9168ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.652,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42029,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E299C

secondary

#94BE63

accent

#E2469A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E299C

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

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