#5E2E99#5E2E99

#5E2E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.165 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2E99
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 43.75, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 66.70, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0824 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.165 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3414, 6.6335, 30.8137)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2E99 #69992E

analogous

#2E3499 #5E2E99 #942E99

triadic

#5E2E99 #995E2E #2E995E

tetradic

#5E2E99 #992E34 #69992E #2E9994

square

#5E2E99 #992E34 #69992E #2E9994

split-complementary

#5E2E99 #99942E #34992E

monochromatic

#24123B #41206A #5E2E99 #7B3FC5 #9B6ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#5E2E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5E2E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2E99

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2E99	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.165 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916ab8',
    500: '#5e2e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2e99;
$custom-light: #916ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42409,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2E99

secondary

#96BB68

accent

#DD4B9B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2E99

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

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