#5E2F99#5E2F99

#5E2F99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.164 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2F99
RGB	rgb(94, 47, 153)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 43.24, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 66.14, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0813 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.164 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3810, 6.7125, 30.8269)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2F99 #6A992F

analogous

#2F3599 #5E2F99 #932F99

triadic

#5E2F99 #995E2F #2F995E

tetradic

#5E2F99 #992F35 #6A992F #2F9993

square

#5E2F99 #992F35 #6A992F #2F9993

split-complementary

#5E2F99 #99932F #35992F

monochromatic

#24123B #41216A #5E2F99 #7B41C5 #9C6FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#5E2F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E2F99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2F99

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2F99	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 47, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.164 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bb8',
    500: '#5e2f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2f99;
$custom-light: #916bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.604,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42542,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2F99

secondary

#96BA69

accent

#DC4B9C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2F99

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

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