#5E307E#5E307E

#5E307E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.131 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E307E
RGB	rgb(94, 48, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 61.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 35.79, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 50.86, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0822 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.131 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4382, 6.0001, 20.3956)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.84

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E307E #507E30

analogous

#37307E #5E307E #7E3077

triadic

#5E307E #7E5E30 #307E5E

tetradic

#5E307E #7E3730 #507E30 #30777E

square

#5E307E #7E3730 #507E30 #30777E

split-complementary

#5E307E #777E30 #307E37

monochromatic

#1C0E25 #3D1F52 #5E307E #7F41AA #9D64C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#5E307E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E307E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E307E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E307E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E307E	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e307e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 48, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.131 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ba4',
    500: '#5e307e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e307e;
$custom-light: #8e6ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e307e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4068,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E307E

secondary

#7EAB5F

accent

#D55388

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E307E

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

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