#5E2C9C#5E2C9C

#5E2C9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.171 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2C9C
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 156)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 45.54, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 69.41, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.084 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.171 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5160, 6.5812, 32.1096)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2C9C #6A9C2C

analogous

#2C329C #5E2C9C #962C9C

triadic

#5E2C9C #9C5E2C #2C9C5E

tetradic

#5E2C9C #9C2C32 #6A9C2C #2C9C96

square

#5E2C9C #9C2C32 #6A9C2C #2C9C96

split-complementary

#5E2C9C #9C962C #329C2C

monochromatic

#24113D #411F6C #5E2C9C #7B3DC8 #9C6DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5E2C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5E2C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2C9C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2C9C	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.171 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9169ba',
    500: '#5e2c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2c9c;
$custom-light: #9169ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.786,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42395,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2C9C

secondary

#96BD67

accent

#DF499C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2C9C

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

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