#5E2EA0#5E2EA0

#5E2EA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.174 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2EA0
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 45.59, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 70.44, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0812 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.174 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9366, 6.8715, 33.9483)
Luminance	0.0687 (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

#5E2EA0 #70A02E

analogous

#2E37A0 #5E2EA0 #972EA0

triadic

#5E2EA0 #A05E2E #2EA05E

tetradic

#5E2EA0 #A02E37 #70A02E #2EA097

square

#5E2EA0 #A02E37 #70A02E #2EA097

split-complementary

#5E2EA0 #A0972E #37A02E

monochromatic

#261341 #422070 #5E2EA0 #7B42C9 #9C72D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#5E2EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5E2EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2EA0

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2EA0	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.174 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bbd',
    500: '#5e2ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ea0;
$custom-light: #916bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42979,
    "c": 0.17354,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2EA0

secondary

#9BBE6C

accent

#DF49A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2EA0

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

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