#5E299E#5E299E

#5E299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.177 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E299E
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 47.51, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 72.05, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.0866 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.177 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5790, 6.4340, 32.9730)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E299E #699E29

analogous

#292F9E #5E299E #99299E

triadic

#5E299E #9E5E29 #299E5E

tetradic

#5E299E #9E292F #699E29 #299E99

square

#5E299E #9E292F #699E29 #299E99

split-complementary

#5E299E #9E9929 #2F9E29

monochromatic

#24103D #411C6D #5E299E #7B39CC #9B69D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#5E299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5E299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E299E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E299E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.177 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9268bc',
    500: '#5e299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e299e;
$custom-light: #9268bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.179,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42197,
    "c": 0.17728,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E299E

secondary

#96BF64

accent

#E2469B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E299E

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

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