#5E2B9C#5E2B9C

#5E2B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.173 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2B9C
RGB	rgb(94, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 46.04, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 69.95, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.085 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.173 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4792, 6.5076, 32.0974)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2B9C #699C2B

analogous

#2B309C #5E2B9C #972B9C

triadic

#5E2B9C #9C5E2B #2B9C5E

tetradic

#5E2B9C #9C2B30 #699C2B #2B9C97

square

#5E2B9C #9C2B30 #699C2B #2B9C97

split-complementary

#5E2B9C #9C972B #309C2B

monochromatic

#24113C #411E6C #5E2B9C #7B3BC9 #9B6BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#5E2B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5E2B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2B9C

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2B9C	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.173 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169ba',
    500: '#5e2b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2b9c;
$custom-light: #9169ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.08,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42271,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2B9C

secondary

#96BD66

accent

#E0489B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2B9C

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

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