#5E2E8A#5E2E8A

#5E2E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.148 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2E8A
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 39.89, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 58.61, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0842 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.148 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1795, 6.1687, 24.6942)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2E8A #5A8A2E

analogous

#302E8A #5E2E8A #8A2E88

triadic

#5E2E8A #8A5E2E #2E8A5E

tetradic

#5E2E8A #8A302E #5A8A2E #2E888A

square

#5E2E8A #8A302E #5A8A2E #2E888A

split-complementary

#5E2E8A #888A2E #2E8A30

monochromatic

#1F0F2E #3F1F5C #5E2E8A #7D3DB8 #9B66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#5E2E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5E2E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2E8A

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2E8A	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#134688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.148 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6aad',
    500: '#5e2e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2e8a;
$custom-light: #8f6aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41248,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2E8A

secondary

#88B361

accent

#DA4E91

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2E8A

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

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