#5E2F9E#5E2F9E

#5E2F9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.170 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2F9E
RGB	rgb(94, 47, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 44.56, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 68.82, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.0805 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.17 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8026, 6.8812, 33.0475)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2F9E #6F9E2F

analogous

#2F389E #5E2F9E #952F9E

triadic

#5E2F9E #9E5E2F #2F9E5E

tetradic

#5E2F9E #9E2F38 #6F9E2F #2F9E95

square

#5E2F9E #9E2F38 #6F9E2F #2F9E95

split-complementary

#5E2F9E #9E952F #389E2F

monochromatic

#261340 #42216F #5E2F9E #7B43C7 #9C72D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#5E2F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E2F9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2F9E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2F9E	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 47, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.170 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bbb',
    500: '#5e2f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2f9e;
$custom-light: #916bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.405,
    "s": 54.146,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42945,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2F9E

secondary

#9BBD6C

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2F9E

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

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