#5E2CA8#5E2CA8

#5E2CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.185 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2CA8
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 73.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 48.69, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 75.74, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.0815 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.185 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5828, 7.0079, 37.7279)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#5E2CA8 #76A82C

analogous

#2C38A8 #5E2CA8 #9C2CA8

triadic

#5E2CA8 #A85E2C #2CA85E

tetradic

#5E2CA8 #A82C38 #76A82C #2CA89C

square

#5E2CA8 #A82C38 #76A82C #2CA89C

split-complementary

#5E2CA8 #A89C2C #38A82C

monochromatic

#281347 #431F78 #5E2CA8 #7B43CE #9D74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#5E2CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5E2CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2CA8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2CA8	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.185 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936ac3',
    500: '#5e2ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ca8;
$custom-light: #936ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.194,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43406,
    "c": 0.18497,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2CA8

secondary

#A0C26E

accent

#E246A3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2CA8

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

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