#5E2F85#5E2F85

#5E2F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.141 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2F85
RGB	rgb(94, 47, 133)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 64.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 38.09, -40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 55.29, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0833 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.141 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8653, 6.1063, 22.8447)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2F85 #56852F

analogous

#332F85 #5E2F85 #852F81

triadic

#5E2F85 #855E2F #2F855E

tetradic

#5E2F85 #85332F #56852F #2F8185

square

#5E2F85 #85332F #56852F #2F8185

split-complementary

#5E2F85 #81852F #2F8533

monochromatic

#1E0F2B #3E1F58 #5E2F85 #7E3FB2 #9C66C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#5E2F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5E2F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2F85

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2F85	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 47, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.141 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6aa9',
    500: '#5e2f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2f85;
$custom-light: #8f6aa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 47.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41024,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2F85

secondary

#84B060

accent

#D7508E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2F85

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

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