#5E31AA#5E31AA

#5E31AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.181 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E31AA
RGB	rgb(94, 49, 170)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 46.75, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 74.11, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.0763 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.181 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9682, 7.4783, 38.7826)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 3.57

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E31AA #7DAA31

analogous

#3140AA #5E31AA #9A31AA

triadic

#5E31AA #AA5E31 #31AA5E

tetradic

#5E31AA #AA3140 #7DAA31 #31AA9A

square

#5E31AA #AA3140 #7DAA31 #31AA9A

split-complementary

#5E31AA #AA9A31 #40AA31

monochromatic

#29164B #44237A #5E31AA #7C4DCC #9F7CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#5E31AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5E31AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E31AA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E31AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E31AA	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e31aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 49, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.181 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926dc4',
    500: '#5e31aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e31aa;
$custom-light: #926dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e31aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.314,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.442,
    "c": 0.18143,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E31AA

secondary

#A5C275

accent

#DF49A7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E31AA

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

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