#5E2A8A#5E2A8A

#5E2A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.154 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2A8A
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 41.96, -44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 60.91, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.089 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.154 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0305, 5.8707, 24.6446)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2A8A #568A2A

analogous

#2E2A8A #5E2A8A #8A2A86

triadic

#5E2A8A #8A5E2A #2A8A5E

tetradic

#5E2A8A #8A2E2A #568A2A #2A868A

square

#5E2A8A #8A2E2A #568A2A #2A868A

split-complementary

#5E2A8A #868A2A #2A8A2E

monochromatic

#1E0D2C #3E1C5B #5E2A8A #7E38B9 #9C60CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#5E2A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5E2A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2A8A

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2A8A	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.154 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068ad',
    500: '#5e2a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2a8a;
$custom-light: #9068ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40709,
    "c": 0.15367,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2A8A

secondary

#84B45B

accent

#DD4B8E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2A8A

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

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