#5E2E85#5E2E85

#5E2E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.142 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2E85
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 38.63, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 55.90, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0846 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.142 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8258, 6.0272, 22.8315)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.50

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2E85 #55852E

analogous

#322E85 #5E2E85 #852E81

triadic

#5E2E85 #855E2E #2E855E

tetradic

#5E2E85 #85322E #55852E #2E8185

square

#5E2E85 #85322E #55852E #2E8185

split-complementary

#5E2E85 #81852E #2E8532

monochromatic

#1E0F2A #3E1E58 #5E2E85 #7E3EB2 #9C64C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#5E2E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5E2E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2E85

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2E85	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.142 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6aa9',
    500: '#5e2e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2e85;
$custom-light: #8f6aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40881,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2E85

secondary

#83B05F

accent

#D8508D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2E85

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

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