#5E2B9B#5E2B9B

#5E2B9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.172 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2B9B
RGB	rgb(94, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 45.78, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 69.42, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0852 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.172 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3949, 6.4739, 31.6532)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2B9B #689B2B

analogous

#2B309B #5E2B9B #962B9B

triadic

#5E2B9B #9B5E2B #2B9B5E

tetradic

#5E2B9B #9B2B30 #689B2B #2B9B96

square

#5E2B9B #9B2B30 #689B2B #2B9B96

split-complementary

#5E2B9B #9B962B #309B2B

monochromatic

#24103B #411E6B #5E2B9B #7B3BC9 #9B6BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#5E2B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5E2B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2B9B

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2B9B	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.172 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169b9',
    500: '#5e2b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2b9b;
$custom-light: #9169b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.321,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42188,
    "c": 0.17155,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2B9B

secondary

#95BC65

accent

#E0489B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2B9B

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

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