#5E2FA0#5E2FA0

#5E2FA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.172 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2FA0
RGB	rgb(94, 47, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 70.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 45.09, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 69.89, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.0802 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.172 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9761, 6.9506, 33.9615)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2FA0 #71A02F

analogous

#2F38A0 #5E2FA0 #962FA0

triadic

#5E2FA0 #A05E2F #2FA05E

tetradic

#5E2FA0 #A02F38 #71A02F #2FA096

square

#5E2FA0 #A02F38 #71A02F #2FA096

split-complementary

#5E2FA0 #A0962F #38A02F

monochromatic

#261341 #422171 #5E2FA0 #7B44C8 #9C73D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#5E2FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5E2FA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2FA0

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2FA0	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 47, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.172 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916bbd',
    500: '#5e2fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2fa0;
$custom-light: #916bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.956,
    "s": 54.589,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43108,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2FA0

secondary

#9CBE6D

accent

#DE4AA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2FA0

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

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