#5E299F#5E299F

#5E299F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.178 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E299F
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 159)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 47.77, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 72.57, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0863 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.178 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6655, 6.4686, 33.4281)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E299F #6A9F29

analogous

#292F9F #5E299F #99299F

triadic

#5E299F #9F5E29 #299F5E

tetradic

#5E299F #9F292F #6A9F29 #299F99

square

#5E299F #9F292F #6A9F29 #299F99

split-complementary

#5E299F #9F9929 #2F9F29

monochromatic

#24103E #411C6E #5E299F #7B39CC #9C6AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#5E299F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5E299F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E299F

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E299F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E299F	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e299f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.178 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9268bc',
    500: '#5e299f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e299f;
$custom-light: #9268bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e299f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.949,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42282,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E299F

secondary

#96BF65

accent

#E2469C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E299F

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

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