#5E2B97#5E2B97

#5E2B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.167 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2B97
RGB	rgb(94, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 44.75, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 67.29, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.0859 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.167 301)
XYZ	xyz(11.0645, 6.3417, 29.9133)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2B97 #64972B

analogous

#2B2E97 #5E2B97 #942B97

triadic

#5E2B97 #975E2B #2B975E

tetradic

#5E2B97 #972B2E #64972B #2B9794

square

#5E2B97 #972B2E #64972B #2B9794

split-complementary

#5E2B97 #97942B #2E972B

monochromatic

#231038 #401D67 #5E2B97 #7C39C7 #9B68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#5E2B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E2B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2B97

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2B97	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.167 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169b6',
    500: '#5e2b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2b97;
$custom-light: #9169b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41862,
    "c": 0.16704,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.06342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2B97

secondary

#91BB63

accent

#DF4998

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2B97

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

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