#5E2F9D#5E2F9D

#5E2F9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.169 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2F9D
RGB	rgb(94, 47, 157)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 44.29, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 68.29, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.0807 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.169 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7169, 6.8469, 32.5960)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.31

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2F9D #6E9D2F

analogous

#2F379D #5E2F9D #952F9D

triadic

#5E2F9D #9D5E2F #2F9D5E

tetradic

#5E2F9D #9D2F37 #6E9D2F #2F9D95

square

#5E2F9D #9D2F37 #6E9D2F #2F9D95

split-complementary

#5E2F9D #9D952F #379D2F

monochromatic

#26133F #42216E #5E2F9D #7B43C7 #9C72D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5E2F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5E2F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2F9D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2F9D	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 47, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.169 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bbb',
    500: '#5e2f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2f9d;
$custom-light: #916bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.636,
    "s": 53.922,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42863,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2F9D

secondary

#9ABC6B

accent

#DD4B9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2F9D

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

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