#5E2EAA#5E2EAA

#5E2EAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.185 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2EAA
RGB	rgb(94, 46, 170)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 48.25, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 75.74, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.0792 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.185 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8468, 7.2356, 38.7422)
Luminance	0.0724 (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

#5E2EAA #7AAA2E

analogous

#2E3CAA #5E2EAA #9C2EAA

triadic

#5E2EAA #AA5E2E #2EAA5E

tetradic

#5E2EAA #AA2E3C #7AAA2E #2EAA9C

square

#5E2EAA #AA2E3C #7AAA2E #2EAA9C

split-complementary

#5E2EAA #AA9C2E #3CAA2E

monochromatic

#29144A #43217A #5E2EAA #7C48CD #9E78DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#5E2EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5E2EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2EAA

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2EAA	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 46, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.185 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936bc4',
    500: '#5e2eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2eaa;
$custom-light: #936bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43821,
    "c": 0.18495,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2EAA

secondary

#A3C371

accent

#E147A5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2EAA

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

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