#5E2C87#5E2C87

#5E2C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.147 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2C87
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 135)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 40.18, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 58.16, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0869 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.147 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8890, 5.9304, 23.5407)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2C87 #55872C

analogous

#302C87 #5E2C87 #872C82

triadic

#5E2C87 #875E2C #2C875E

tetradic

#5E2C87 #87302C #55872C #2C8287

square

#5E2C87 #87302C #55872C #2C8287

split-complementary

#5E2C87 #82872C #2C8730

monochromatic

#1E0E2B #3E1D59 #5E2C87 #7E3BB5 #9C62CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5E2C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5E2C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2C87

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2C87	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.147 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69ab',
    500: '#5e2c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2c87;
$custom-light: #8f69ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.967,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40749,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2C87

secondary

#83B25D

accent

#DA4D8D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2C87

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

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