#5E2AA5#5E2AA5

#5E2AA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.184 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2AA5
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 48.85, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 75.20, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.084 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.184 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2338, 6.7520, 36.2487)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2AA5 #71A52A

analogous

#2A33A5 #5E2AA5 #9B2AA5

triadic

#5E2AA5 #A55E2A #2AA55E

tetradic

#5E2AA5 #A52A33 #71A52A #2AA59B

square

#5E2AA5 #A52A33 #71A52A #2AA59B

split-complementary

#5E2AA5 #A59B2A #33A52A

monochromatic

#261143 #421E74 #5E2AA5 #7B3ECE #9C6FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#5E2AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5E2AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2AA5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2AA5	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.184 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9269c1',
    500: '#5e2aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2aa5;
$custom-light: #9269c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.366,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42911,
    "c": 0.18389,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2AA5

secondary

#9CC169

accent

#E345A0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2AA5

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

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