#5E2AA3#5E2AA3

#5E2AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.182 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2AA3
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 48.33, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 74.16, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.0845 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.182 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0532, 6.6797, 35.2975)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2AA3 #6FA32A

analogous

#2A33A3 #5E2AA3 #9A2AA3

triadic

#5E2AA3 #A35E2A #2AA35E

tetradic

#5E2AA3 #A32A33 #6FA32A #2AA39A

square

#5E2AA3 #A32A33 #6FA32A #2AA39A

split-complementary

#5E2AA3 #A39A2A #33A32A

monochromatic

#261142 #421D72 #5E2AA3 #7B3DCD #9C6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#5E2AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E2AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2AA3

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2AA3	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.182 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9269bf',
    500: '#5e2aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2aa3;
$custom-light: #9269bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.785,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42739,
    "c": 0.18167,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2AA3

secondary

#9BC068

accent

#E2469F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2AA3

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

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