#5E2F8A#5E2F8A

#5E2F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.147 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2F8A
RGB	rgb(94, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.03, 39.35, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.03, 58.02, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.083 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.147 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2190, 6.2477, 24.7074)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2F8A #5B8A2F

analogous

#312F8A #5E2F8A #8A2F89

triadic

#5E2F8A #8A5E2F #2F8A5E

tetradic

#5E2F8A #8A312F #5B8A2F #2F898A

square

#5E2F8A #8A312F #5B8A2F #2F898A

split-complementary

#5E2F8A #898A2F #2F8A31

monochromatic

#20102F #3F1F5C #5E2F8A #7D3FB8 #9B68CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#5E2F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5E2F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2F8A

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2F8A	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.147 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bad',
    500: '#5e2f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2f8a;
$custom-light: #8f6bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41389,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2F8A

secondary

#89B362

accent

#D94F92

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2F8A

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

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