#5E2D99#5E2D99

#5E2D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.167 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2D99
RGB	rgb(94, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 44.26, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 67.26, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0835 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.167 300)
XYZ	xyz(11.3028, 6.5563, 30.8008)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2D99 #68992D

analogous

#2D3299 #5E2D99 #942D99

triadic

#5E2D99 #995E2D #2D995E

tetradic

#5E2D99 #992D32 #68992D #2D9994

square

#5E2D99 #992D32 #68992D #2D9994

split-complementary

#5E2D99 #99942D #32992D

monochromatic

#24113A #411F6A #5E2D99 #7B3DC6 #9B6CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#5E2D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5E2D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2D99

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2D99	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.167 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916ab8',
    500: '#5e2d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2d99;
$custom-light: #916ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.222,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42279,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.06556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2D99

secondary

#95BB67

accent

#DE4A9B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2D99

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

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