#5E2D8E#5E2D8E

#5E2D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.154 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2D8E
RGB	rgb(94, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 41.43, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 61.35, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% 0.085 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.154 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4358, 6.2095, 26.2347)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2D8E #5D8E2D

analogous

#2D2D8E #5E2D8E #8E2D8E

triadic

#5E2D8E #8E5E2D #2D8E5E

tetradic

#5E2D8E #8E2D2D #5D8E2D #2D8E8E

square

#5E2D8E #8E2D2D #5D8E2D #2D8E8E

split-complementary

#5E2D8E #8E8E2D #2D8E2D

monochromatic

#201031 #3F1E60 #5E2D8E #7D3CBC #9B67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#5E2D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5E2D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2D8E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2D8E	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.154 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9069b0',
    500: '#5e2d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2d8e;
$custom-light: #9069b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.309,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41413,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2D8E

secondary

#8BB561

accent

#DB4C93

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2D8E

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

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