#5E2C8A#5E2C8A

#5E2C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.151 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2C8A
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 40.93, -43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 59.77, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0866 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.151 305)
XYZ	xyz(10.1032, 6.0161, 24.6688)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2C8A #588A2C

analogous

#2F2C8A #5E2C8A #8A2C87

triadic

#5E2C8A #8A5E2C #2C8A5E

tetradic

#5E2C8A #8A2F2C #588A2C #2C878A

square

#5E2C8A #8A2F2C #588A2C #2C878A

split-complementary

#5E2C8A #878A2C #2C8A2F

monochromatic

#1F0E2D #3E1D5C #5E2C8A #7E3BB8 #9C63CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#5E2C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E2C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2C8A

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2C8A	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.151 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69ad',
    500: '#5e2c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2c8a;
$custom-light: #8f69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40974,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.06016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2C8A

secondary

#86B45E

accent

#DB4D8F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2C8A

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

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