#5E2E87#5E2E87

#5E2E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.145 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2E87
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 39.13, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 56.98, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0845 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.145 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9653, 6.0830, 23.5661)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.58

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2E87 #57872E

analogous

#322E87 #5E2E87 #872E83

triadic

#5E2E87 #875E2E #2E875E

tetradic

#5E2E87 #87322E #57872E #2E8387

square

#5E2E87 #87322E #57872E #2E8387

split-complementary

#5E2E87 #83872E #2E8732

monochromatic

#1E0F2C #3E1E59 #5E2E87 #7E3EB5 #9C65CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5E2E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5E2E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2E87

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2E87	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)

#00448A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.145 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6aaa',
    500: '#5e2e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2e87;
$custom-light: #8f6aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41026,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2E87

secondary

#85B160

accent

#D94F8E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2E87

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

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