#5E2CAA#5E2CAA

#5E2CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.187 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2CAA
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 49.21, -58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 76.79, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.081 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.187 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7705, 7.0830, 38.7167)
Luminance	0.0708 (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

#5E2CAA #78AA2C

analogous

#2C39AA #5E2CAA #9D2CAA

triadic

#5E2CAA #AA5E2C #2CAA5E

tetradic

#5E2CAA #AA2C39 #78AA2C #2CAA9D

square

#5E2CAA #AA2C39 #78AA2C #2CAA9D

split-complementary

#5E2CAA #AA9D2C #39AA2C

monochromatic

#281349 #431F79 #5E2CAA #7B44CF #9E75DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#5E2CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#5E2CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2CAA

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2CAA	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.187 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936ac4',
    500: '#5e2caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2caa;
$custom-light: #936ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.81,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43579,
    "c": 0.18721,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2CAA

secondary

#A2C36F

accent

#E246A4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2CAA

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

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