#5E2AAA#5E2AAA

#5E2AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.189 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2AAA
RGB	rgb(94, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 50.15, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 77.80, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.0828 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.189 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6978, 6.9376, 38.6925)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2AAA #76AA2A

analogous

#2A36AA #5E2AAA #9E2AAA

triadic

#5E2AAA #AA5E2A #2AAA5E

tetradic

#5E2AAA #AA2A36 #76AA2A #2AAA9E

square

#5E2AAA #AA2A36 #76AA2A #2AAA9E

split-complementary

#5E2AAA #AA9E2A #36AA2A

monochromatic

#281248 #431E79 #5E2AAA #7B41D0 #9D72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#5E2AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5E2AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2AAA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2AAA	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.189 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9369c4',
    500: '#5e2aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2aaa;
$custom-light: #9369c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43346,
    "c": 0.18941,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2AAA

secondary

#A0C36C

accent

#E444A3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2AAA

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

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