#5E2A8D#5E2A8D

#5E2A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.157 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2A8D
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 42.71, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 62.51, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0886 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.157 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2507, 5.9587, 25.8043)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2A8D #598D2A

analogous

#2C2A8D #5E2A8D #8D2A8A

triadic

#5E2A8D #8D5E2A #2A8D5E

tetradic

#5E2A8D #8D2C2A #598D2A #2A8A8D

square

#5E2A8D #8D2C2A #598D2A #2A8A8D

split-complementary

#5E2A8D #8A8D2A #2A8D2C

monochromatic

#1F0E2F #3F1C5E #5E2A8D #7D38BC #9B61D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#5E2A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5E2A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2A8D

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2A8D	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.157 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9068af',
    500: '#5e2a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2a8d;
$custom-light: #9068af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.515,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4094,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2A8D

secondary

#87B65D

accent

#DD4A90

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2A8D

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

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