#5E2AA0#5E2AA0

#5E2AA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.178 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2AA0
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 160)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 73.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 47.55, -54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 72.58, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.0852 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.178 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7876, 6.5735, 33.8987)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2AA0 #6CA02A

analogous

#2A31A0 #5E2AA0 #992AA0

triadic

#5E2AA0 #A05E2A #2AA05E

tetradic

#5E2AA0 #A02A31 #6CA02A #2AA099

square

#5E2AA0 #A02A31 #6CA02A #2AA099

split-complementary

#5E2AA0 #A0992A #31A02A

monochromatic

#25113F #421D70 #5E2AA0 #7B3CCC #9C6CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5E2AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5E2AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2AA0

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2AA0	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.178 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9269bd',
    500: '#5e2aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2aa0;
$custom-light: #9269bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.441,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42484,
    "c": 0.17834,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2AA0

secondary

#98BF67

accent

#E2469D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2AA0

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

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