#5E2A87#5E2A87

#5E2A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.150 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2A87
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 135)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 41.21, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 59.30, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0893 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.15 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8163, 5.7850, 23.5165)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.83

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2A87 #53872A

analogous

#2F2A87 #5E2A87 #872A82

triadic

#5E2A87 #875E2A #2A875E

tetradic

#5E2A87 #872F2A #53872A #2A8287

square

#5E2A87 #872F2A #53872A #2A8287

split-complementary

#5E2A87 #82872A #2A872F

monochromatic

#1D0D2A #3D1B58 #5E2A87 #7F39B6 #9C5ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5E2A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5E2A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2A87

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2A87	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#114485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.150 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67ab',
    500: '#5e2a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2a87;
$custom-light: #8f67ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40481,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2A87

secondary

#81B35A

accent

#DC4C8B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2A87

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

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