#5E319A#5E319A

#5E319A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.163 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E319A
RGB	rgb(94, 49, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 68.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 42.46, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 65.53, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.0789 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.163 299)
XYZ	xyz(11.5457, 6.9093, 31.2909)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E319A #6D9A31

analogous

#31399A #5E319A #92319A

triadic

#5E319A #9A5E31 #319A5E

tetradic

#5E319A #9A3139 #6D9A31 #319A92

square

#5E319A #9A3139 #6D9A31 #319A92

split-complementary

#5E319A #9A9231 #399A31

monochromatic

#25133D #42226C #5E319A #7B45C4 #9C73D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#5E319A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E319A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E319A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E319A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E319A	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e319a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 49, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.163 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916cb8',
    500: '#5e319a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e319a;
$custom-light: #916cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e319a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42893,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.06909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E319A

secondary

#99BA6C

accent

#DB4D9E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E319A

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

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