#5E2B9A#5E2B9A

#5E2B9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.170 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2B9A
RGB	rgb(94, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 45.52, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 68.89, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.0854 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.17 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3113, 6.4404, 31.2128)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2B9A #679A2B

analogous

#2B2F9A #5E2B9A #952B9A

triadic

#5E2B9A #9A5E2B #2B9A5E

tetradic

#5E2B9A #9A2B2F #679A2B #2B9A95

square

#5E2B9A #9A2B2F #679A2B #2B9A95

split-complementary

#5E2B9A #9A952B #2F9A2B

monochromatic

#24103A #411E6A #5E2B9A #7B3AC8 #9B6AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#5E2B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5E2B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2B9A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2B9A	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.170 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169b9',
    500: '#5e2b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2b9a;
$custom-light: #9169b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42106,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2B9A

secondary

#94BC65

accent

#E0489A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2B9A

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

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