#5E2A9C#5E2A9C

#5E2A9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.174 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2A9C
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 46.52, -52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 70.48, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.086 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.174 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4433, 6.4358, 32.0854)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2A9C #689C2A

analogous

#2A2F9C #5E2A9C #972A9C

triadic

#5E2A9C #9C5E2A #2A9C5E

tetradic

#5E2A9C #9C2A2F #689C2A #2A9C97

square

#5E2A9C #9C2A2F #689C2A #2A9C97

split-complementary

#5E2A9C #9C972A #2F9C2A

monochromatic

#24103C #411D6C #5E2A9C #7B39CA #9B6AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#5E2A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5E2A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2A9C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2A9C	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.174 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9168ba',
    500: '#5e2a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2a9c;
$custom-light: #9168ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42149,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2A9C

secondary

#95BD65

accent

#E1479B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2A9C

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

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