#5E31AD#5E31AD

#5E31AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.185 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E31AD
RGB	rgb(94, 49, 173)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 47.56, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 75.71, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.0757 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.185 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2552, 7.5931, 40.2943)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 3.97

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E31AD #80AD31

analogous

#3142AD #5E31AD #9C31AD

triadic

#5E31AD #AD5E31 #31AD5E

tetradic

#5E31AD #AD3142 #80AD31 #31AD9C

square

#5E31AD #AD3142 #80AD31 #31AD9C

split-complementary

#5E31AD #AD9C31 #42AD31

monochromatic

#2A164E #44237D #5E31AD #7C4ECD #A07EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#5E31AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#5E31AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E31AD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E31AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E31AD	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e31ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 49, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.185 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936dc6',
    500: '#5e31ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e31ad;
$custom-light: #936dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e31ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.774,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44454,
    "c": 0.18489,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E31AD

secondary

#A7C377

accent

#DF49A9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E31AD

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

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