#5E2A9A#5E2A9A

#5E2A9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.172 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2A9A
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 154)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 72.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 46.01, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 69.42, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.0864 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.172 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2753, 6.3686, 31.2008)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2A9A #669A2A

analogous

#2A2E9A #5E2A9A #962A9A

triadic

#5E2A9A #9A5E2A #2A9A5E

tetradic

#5E2A9A #9A2A2E #669A2A #2A9A96

square

#5E2A9A #9A2A2E #669A2A #2A9A96

split-complementary

#5E2A9A #9A962A #2E9A2A

monochromatic

#23103A #411D6A #5E2A9A #7B38C9 #9B68D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#5E2A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E2A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2A9A

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2A9A	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.172 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9168b9',
    500: '#5e2a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2a9a;
$custom-light: #9168b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41983,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2A9A

secondary

#93BC63

accent

#E04799

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2A9A

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

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