#5E308B#5E308B

#5E308B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.146 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E308B
RGB	rgb(94, 48, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 65.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, 39.07, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 57.96, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.0817 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.146 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3322, 6.3577, 25.1039)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E308B #5D8B30

analogous

#31308B #5E308B #8B308B

triadic

#5E308B #8B5E30 #308B5E

tetradic

#5E308B #8B3130 #5D8B30 #308B8B

square

#5E308B #8B3130 #5D8B30 #308B8B

split-complementary

#5E308B #8B8B30 #308B31

monochromatic

#201130 #3F205E #5E308B #7D40B8 #9B6ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#5E308B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E308B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E308B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E308B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E308B	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e308b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 48, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.146 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6bad',
    500: '#5e308b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e308b;
$custom-light: #8f6bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e308b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41605,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E308B

secondary

#8BB364

accent

#D85093

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E308B

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

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