#5E2CA1#5E2CA1

#5E2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.177 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2CA1
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 46.85, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 72.06, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.083 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.177 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9481, 6.7541, 34.3855)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2CA1 #6FA12C

analogous

#2C35A1 #5E2CA1 #982CA1

triadic

#5E2CA1 #A15E2C #2CA15E

tetradic

#5E2CA1 #A12C35 #6FA12C #2CA198

square

#5E2CA1 #A12C35 #6FA12C #2CA198

split-complementary

#5E2CA1 #A1982C #35A12C

monochromatic

#261241 #421F71 #5E2CA1 #7B40CB #9C70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#5E2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5E2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2CA1

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2CA1	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.177 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926abe',
    500: '#5e2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ca1;
$custom-light: #926abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42811,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2CA1

secondary

#9BBF6A

accent

#E0479F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2CA1

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

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