#5E3391#5E3391

#5E3391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.149 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E3391
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 145)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 38.99, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 59.43, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0776 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.149 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9095, 6.7916, 27.5187)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E3391 #669133

analogous

#333791 #5E3391 #8D3391

triadic

#5E3391 #915E33 #33915E

tetradic

#5E3391 #913337 #669133 #33918D

square

#5E3391 #913337 #669133 #33918D

split-complementary

#5E3391 #918D33 #379133

monochromatic

#231336 #412364 #5E3391 #7B44BD #9B71CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#5E3391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5E3391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E3391

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E3391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E3391	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10498F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e3391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.149 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906db2',
    500: '#5e3391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e3391;
$custom-light: #906db2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e3391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.447,
    "s": 47.959,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42486,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E3391

secondary

#93B56B

accent

#D8509A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E3391

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

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