#5E2D8A#5E2D8A

#5E2D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.149 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2D8A
RGB	rgb(94, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.64, 40.41, -43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.64, 59.19, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.11% 0.0854 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(41.11% 0.149 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1409, 6.0915, 24.6814)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2D8A #598A2D

analogous

#2F2D8A #5E2D8A #8A2D87

triadic

#5E2D8A #8A5E2D #2D8A5E

tetradic

#5E2D8A #8A2F2D #598A2D #2D878A

square

#5E2D8A #8A2F2D #598A2D #2D878A

split-complementary

#5E2D8A #878A2D #2D8A2F

monochromatic

#1F0F2E #3F1E5C #5E2D8A #7D3CB8 #9B65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5E2D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5E2D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2D8A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2D8A	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#114688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.149 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69ad',
    500: '#5e2d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2d8a;
$custom-light: #8f69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4111,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2D8A

secondary

#87B360

accent

#DA4D90

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2D8A

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

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