#5E2C96#5E2C96

#5E2C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.165 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2C96
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 150)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 43.99, -49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 66.21, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.085 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.165 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0205, 6.3830, 29.4997)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2C96 #64962C

analogous

#2C2F96 #5E2C96 #932C96

triadic

#5E2C96 #965E2C #2C965E

tetradic

#5E2C96 #962C2F #64962C #2C9693

square

#5E2C96 #962C2F #64962C #2C9693

split-complementary

#5E2C96 #96932C #2F962C

monochromatic

#231037 #401E67 #5E2C96 #7C3AC5 #9B69D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#5E2C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5E2C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2C96

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2C96	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.165 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169b6',
    500: '#5e2c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2c96;
$custom-light: #9169b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41908,
    "c": 0.16464,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2C96

secondary

#91BA64

accent

#DE4A98

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2C96

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