#5E2E9B#5E2E9B

#5E2E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.168 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2E9B
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 44.28, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 67.77, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0821 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.168 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5080, 6.7001, 31.6909)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2E9B #6B9B2E

analogous

#2E359B #5E2E9B #952E9B

triadic

#5E2E9B #9B5E2E #2E9B5E

tetradic

#5E2E9B #9B2E35 #6B9B2E #2E9B95

square

#5E2E9B #9B2E35 #6B9B2E #2E9B95

split-complementary

#5E2E9B #9B952E #359B2E

monochromatic

#25123D #41206C #5E2E9B #7B40C6 #9C6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#5E2E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E2E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2E9B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2E9B	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.168 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bb9',
    500: '#5e2e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2e9b;
$custom-light: #916bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.422,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4257,
    "c": 0.16779,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2E9B

secondary

#97BC69

accent

#DE4A9D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2E9B

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

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