#5E2CA9#5E2CA9

#5E2CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.186 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2CA9
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 48.95, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 76.26, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.0813 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.186 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6763, 7.0453, 38.2204)
Luminance	0.0705 (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

#5E2CA9 #77A92C

analogous

#2C39A9 #5E2CA9 #9D2CA9

triadic

#5E2CA9 #A95E2C #2CA95E

tetradic

#5E2CA9 #A92C39 #77A92C #2CA99D

square

#5E2CA9 #A92C39 #77A92C #2CA99D

split-complementary

#5E2CA9 #A99D2C #39A92C

monochromatic

#281348 #431F78 #5E2CA9 #7B44CE #9D74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#5E2CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5E2CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2CA9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2CA9	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.186 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936ac4',
    500: '#5e2ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ca9;
$custom-light: #936ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43492,
    "c": 0.18609,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2CA9

secondary

#A1C36E

accent

#E246A3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2CA9

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

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