#5E2AA4#5E2AA4

#5E2AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.183 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2AA4
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 48.59, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 74.68, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.0843 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.183 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1432, 6.7157, 35.7712)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2AA4 #70A42A

analogous

#2A33A4 #5E2AA4 #9B2AA4

triadic

#5E2AA4 #A45E2A #2AA45E

tetradic

#5E2AA4 #A42A33 #70A42A #2AA49B

square

#5E2AA4 #A42A33 #70A42A #2AA49B

split-complementary

#5E2AA4 #A49B2A #33A42A

monochromatic

#261143 #421E73 #5E2AA4 #7B3ECD #9C6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#5E2AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E2AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2AA4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2AA4	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.183 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9269c0',
    500: '#5e2aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2aa4;
$custom-light: #9269c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.574,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42825,
    "c": 0.18278,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2AA4

secondary

#9BC169

accent

#E2459F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2AA4

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

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