#5E31AB#5E31AB

#5E31AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.183 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E31AB
RGB	rgb(94, 49, 171)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 71.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 47.02, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 74.65, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.0761 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.183 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0631, 7.5162, 39.2827)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 3.70

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E31AB #7EAB31

analogous

#3141AB #5E31AB #9B31AB

triadic

#5E31AB #AB5E31 #31AB5E

tetradic

#5E31AB #AB3141 #7EAB31 #31AB9B

square

#5E31AB #AB3141 #7EAB31 #31AB9B

split-complementary

#5E31AB #AB9B31 #41AB31

monochromatic

#2A164C #44237B #5E31AB #7C4DCC #9F7DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#5E31AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5E31AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E31AB

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E31AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E31AB	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e31ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 49, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.183 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936dc5',
    500: '#5e31ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e31ab;
$custom-light: #936dc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e31ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.131,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44284,
    "c": 0.18258,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E31AB

secondary

#A6C275

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E31AB

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

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