#5E3099#5E3099

#5E3099 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.163 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E3099
RGB	rgb(94, 48, 153)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 42.72, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 65.57, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0802 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.163 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4214, 6.7934, 30.8403)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.83

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E3099 #6B9930

analogous

#303699 #5E3099 #933099

triadic

#5E3099 #995E30 #30995E

tetradic

#5E3099 #993036 #6B9930 #309993

square

#5E3099 #993036 #6B9930 #309993

split-complementary

#5E3099 #999330 #369930

monochromatic

#25133C #41216A #5E3099 #7B42C4 #9C71D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#5E3099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5E3099 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E3099

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E3099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E3099	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e3099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 48, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.163 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916cb8',
    500: '#5e3099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e3099;
$custom-light: #916cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e3099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.286,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42677,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E3099

secondary

#97BA6B

accent

#DC4C9D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E3099

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

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