#5E2C8B#5E2C8B

#5E2C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.152 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2C8B
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, 41.19, -44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 60.31, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0865 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.152 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1759, 6.0452, 25.0518)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2C8B #598B2C

analogous

#2E2C8B #5E2C8B #8B2C88

triadic

#5E2C8B #8B5E2C #2C8B5E

tetradic

#5E2C8B #8B2E2C #598B2C #2C888B

square

#5E2C8B #8B2E2C #598B2C #2C888B

split-complementary

#5E2C8B #888B2C #2C8B2E

monochromatic

#1F0F2E #3F1D5D #5E2C8B #7D3BB9 #9B64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#5E2C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5E2C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2C8B

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2C8B	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.152 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069ad',
    500: '#5e2c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2c8b;
$custom-light: #9069ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4105,
    "c": 0.15205,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2C8B

secondary

#87B45F

accent

#DB4C90

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2C8B

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

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