#5E317E#5E317E

#5E317E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.129 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E317E
RGB	rgb(94, 49, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 35.24, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 50.23, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.0808 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.129 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4796, 6.0828, 20.4093)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E317E #517E31

analogous

#38317E #5E317E #7E3178

triadic

#5E317E #7E5E31 #317E5E

tetradic

#5E317E #7E3831 #517E31 #31787E

square

#5E317E #7E3831 #517E31 #31787E

split-complementary

#5E317E #787E31 #317E38

monochromatic

#1C0F26 #3D2052 #5E317E #7F42AA #9D66C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5E317E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5E317E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E317E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E317E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E317E	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e317e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 49, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.129 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ba4',
    500: '#5e317e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e317e;
$custom-light: #8e6ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e317e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.065,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40832,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E317E

secondary

#7FAB60

accent

#D45489

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E317E

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

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