#5E2A97#5E2A97

#5E2A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.168 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2A97
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 45.24, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 67.83, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.087 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.168 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0286, 6.2699, 29.9013)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2A97 #63972A

analogous

#2A2C97 #5E2A97 #952A97

triadic

#5E2A97 #975E2A #2A975E

tetradic

#5E2A97 #972A2C #63972A #2A9795

square

#5E2A97 #972A2C #63972A #2A9795

split-complementary

#5E2A97 #97952A #2C972A

monochromatic

#220F37 #401D67 #5E2A97 #7C37C7 #9B67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#5E2A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5E2A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2A97

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2A97	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.168 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9168b6',
    500: '#5e2a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2a97;
$custom-light: #9168b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.624,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41737,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2A97

secondary

#90BB62

accent

#E04897

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2A97

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

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