#5E31A1#5E31A1

#5E31A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.171 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E31A1
RGB	rgb(94, 49, 161)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 44.33, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 69.30, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.0779 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.171 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1458, 7.1493, 34.4513)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E31A1 #74A131

analogous

#313CA1 #5E31A1 #9631A1

triadic

#5E31A1 #A15E31 #31A15E

tetradic

#5E31A1 #A1313C #74A131 #31A196

square

#5E31A1 #A1313C #74A131 #31A196

split-complementary

#5E31A1 #A19631 #3CA131

monochromatic

#271443 #432372 #5E31A1 #7B48C7 #9D77D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#5E31A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5E31A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E31A1

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E31A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E31A1	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e31a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 49, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.171 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916dbe',
    500: '#5e31a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e31a1;
$custom-light: #916dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e31a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43454,
    "c": 0.17093,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E31A1

secondary

#9FBE70

accent

#DD4BA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E31A1

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

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