#5E2E9F#5E2E9F

#5E2E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.172 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2E9F
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 45.33, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 69.91, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.0814 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.172 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8495, 6.8367, 33.4895)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2E9F #6F9F2E

analogous

#2E369F #5E2E9F #972E9F

triadic

#5E2E9F #9F5E2E #2E9F5E

tetradic

#5E2E9F #9F2E36 #6F9F2E #2E9F97

square

#5E2E9F #9F2E36 #6F9F2E #2E9F97

split-complementary

#5E2E9F #9F972E #369F2E

monochromatic

#261340 #422070 #5E2E9F #7B42C8 #9C71D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#5E2E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5E2E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2E9F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2E9F	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.172 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bbc',
    500: '#5e2e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2e9f;
$custom-light: #916bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42896,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2E9F

secondary

#9BBE6B

accent

#DE499F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2E9F

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

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