#5E309B#5E309B

#5E309B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.165 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E309B
RGB	rgb(94, 48, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 69%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 43.25, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 66.64, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.0799 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.165 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5880, 6.8600, 31.7176)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E309B #6D9B30

analogous

#30389B #5E309B #93309B

triadic

#5E309B #9B5E30 #309B5E

tetradic

#5E309B #9B3038 #6D9B30 #309B93

square

#5E309B #9B3038 #6D9B30 #309B93

split-complementary

#5E309B #9B9330 #389B30

monochromatic

#25133E #42226C #5E309B #7B43C5 #9C72D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#5E309B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5E309B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E309B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E309B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E309B	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e309b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 48, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.165 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916cb9',
    500: '#5e309b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e309b;
$custom-light: #916cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e309b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42836,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E309B

secondary

#99BB6C

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E309B

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

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