#5E2C81#5E2C81

#5E2C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.141 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2C81
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(275, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 38.70, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 54.92, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0874 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.141 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4784, 5.7662, 21.3783)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2C81 #4F812C

analogous

#342C81 #5E2C81 #812C7A

triadic

#5E2C81 #815E2C #2C815E

tetradic

#5E2C81 #81342C #4F812C #2C7A81

square

#5E2C81 #81342C #4F812C #2C7A81

split-complementary

#5E2C81 #7A812C #2C8134

monochromatic

#1B0D26 #3D1C53 #5E2C81 #7F3CAF #9D5FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#5E2C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5E2C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2C81

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2C81	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E457F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.141 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68a6',
    500: '#5e2c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2c81;
$custom-light: #8f68a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40311,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2C81

secondary

#7DAF5A

accent

#D94F88

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2C81

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

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