#5E2A8B#5E2A8B

#5E2A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.155 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2A8B
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 42.20, -44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 61.44, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0888 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.155 305)
XYZ	xyz(10.1032, 5.8998, 25.0276)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2A8B #578B2A

analogous

#2D2A8B #5E2A8B #8B2A87

triadic

#5E2A8B #8B5E2A #2A8B5E

tetradic

#5E2A8B #8B2D2A #578B2A #2A878B

square

#5E2A8B #8B2D2A #578B2A #2A878B

split-complementary

#5E2A8B #878B2A #2A8B2D

monochromatic

#1E0E2D #3E1C5C #5E2A8B #7E38BA #9C60CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#5E2A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5E2A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2A8B

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2A8B	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.155 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068ae',
    500: '#5e2a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2a8b;
$custom-light: #9068ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.165,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40786,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2A8B

secondary

#85B55C

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2A8B

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

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