#5E2BA5#5E2BA5

#5E2BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.183 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2BA5
RGB	rgb(94, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 48.38, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 74.69, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.0831 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.183 297)
XYZ	xyz(12.2697, 6.8238, 36.2607)
Luminance	0.0682 (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

#5E2BA5 #72A52B

analogous

#2B35A5 #5E2BA5 #9B2BA5

triadic

#5E2BA5 #A55E2B #2BA55E

tetradic

#5E2BA5 #A52B35 #72A52B #2BA59B

square

#5E2BA5 #A52B35 #72A52B #2BA59B

split-complementary

#5E2BA5 #A59B2B #35A52B

monochromatic

#271244 #421E74 #5E2BA5 #7B40CD #9D71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#5E2BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5E2BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2BA5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2BA5	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.183 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9269c1',
    500: '#5e2ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ba5;
$custom-light: #9269c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.082,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43029,
    "c": 0.18275,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.06824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2BA5

secondary

#9DC16B

accent

#E246A1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2BA5

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