#5E2EA1#5E2EA1

#5E2EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.175 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2EA1
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 45.86, -54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 70.98, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.081 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.175 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0244, 6.9067, 34.4109)
Luminance	0.0691 (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

#5E2EA1 #71A12E

analogous

#2E38A1 #5E2EA1 #972EA1

triadic

#5E2EA1 #A15E2E #2EA15E

tetradic

#5E2EA1 #A12E38 #71A12E #2EA197

square

#5E2EA1 #A12E38 #71A12E #2EA197

split-complementary

#5E2EA1 #A1972E #38A12E

monochromatic

#261342 #422071 #5E2EA1 #7B43C9 #9C73D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#5E2EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E2EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2EA1

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2EA1	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.175 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926bbe',
    500: '#5e2ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ea1;
$custom-light: #926bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.043,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43062,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2EA1

secondary

#9CBE6C

accent

#DF49A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2EA1

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

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