#5E2EA4#5E2EA4

#5E2EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.178 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2EA4
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 46.65, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 72.57, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.0804 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.178 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2922, 7.0138, 35.8209)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#5E2EA4 #74A42E

analogous

#2E39A4 #5E2EA4 #992EA4

triadic

#5E2EA4 #A45E2E #2EA45E

tetradic

#5E2EA4 #A42E39 #74A42E #2EA499

square

#5E2EA4 #A42E39 #74A42E #2EA499

split-complementary

#5E2EA4 #A4992E #39A42E

monochromatic

#271344 #432174 #5E2EA4 #7B45CB #9D74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#5E2EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5E2EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2EA4

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2EA4	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.178 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926bc0',
    500: '#5e2ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2ea4;
$custom-light: #926bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.407,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43312,
    "c": 0.17812,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2EA4

secondary

#9FC06E

accent

#DF48A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2EA4

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

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