#5E2D87#5E2D87

#5E2D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.146 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2D87
RGB	rgb(94, 45, 135)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 39.66, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 57.57, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0857 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.146 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9267, 6.0058, 23.5533)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2D87 #56872D

analogous

#312D87 #5E2D87 #872D83

triadic

#5E2D87 #875E2D #2D875E

tetradic

#5E2D87 #87312D #56872D #2D8387

square

#5E2D87 #87312D #56872D #2D8387

split-complementary

#5E2D87 #83872D #2D8731

monochromatic

#1E0E2B #3E1E59 #5E2D87 #7E3CB5 #9C63CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#5E2D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E2D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2D87

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2D87	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#174685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 45, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.146 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69ab',
    500: '#5e2d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2d87;
$custom-light: #8f69ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40887,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2D87

secondary

#84B25E

accent

#DA4E8E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2D87

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

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