#5E2BAA#5E2BAA

#5E2BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.188 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2BAA
RGB	rgb(94, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 49.69, -59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 77.30, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.0819 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.188 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7337, 7.0094, 38.7045)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#5E2BAA #77AA2B

analogous

#2B38AA #5E2BAA #9D2BAA

triadic

#5E2BAA #AA5E2B #2BAA5E

tetradic

#5E2BAA #AA2B38 #77AA2B #2BAA9D

square

#5E2BAA #AA2B38 #77AA2B #2BAA9D

split-complementary

#5E2BAA #AA9D2B #38AA2B

monochromatic

#281248 #431F79 #5E2BAA #7B43CF #9D74DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#5E2BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5E2BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2BAA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2BAA	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.188 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936ac4',
    500: '#5e2baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2baa;
$custom-light: #936ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.094,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43461,
    "c": 0.18832,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2BAA

secondary

#A1C36E

accent

#E345A3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2BAA

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

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