#5E2CA5#5E2CA5

#5E2CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.182 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2CA5
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 47.90, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 74.17, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.0822 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.182 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3065, 6.8974, 36.2730)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2CA5 #73A52C

analogous

#2C37A5 #5E2CA5 #9A2CA5

triadic

#5E2CA5 #A55E2C #2CA55E

tetradic

#5E2CA5 #A52C37 #73A52C #2CA59A

square

#5E2CA5 #A52C37 #73A52C #2CA59A

split-complementary

#5E2CA5 #A59A2C #37A52C

monochromatic

#271244 #421F75 #5E2CA5 #7B42CD #9D72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5E2CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E2CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2CA5

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2CA5	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.182 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926ac1',
    500: '#5e2ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ca5;
$custom-light: #926ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43149,
    "c": 0.18161,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2CA5

secondary

#9EC16C

accent

#E147A1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2CA5

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

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