#5E3399#5E3399

#5E3399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.159 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E3399
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 41.12, -48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 63.81, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.0768 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.159 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5483, 7.0471, 30.8826)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E3399 #6E9933

analogous

#333B99 #5E3399 #913399

triadic

#5E3399 #995E33 #33995E

tetradic

#5E3399 #99333B #6E9933 #339991

square

#5E3399 #99333B #6E9933 #339991

split-complementary

#5E3399 #999133 #3B9933

monochromatic

#26143D #42246B #5E3399 #7B47C2 #9C75D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#5E3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5E3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E3399

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E3399	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.159 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906db8',
    500: '#5e3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e3399;
$custom-light: #906db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43095,
    "c": 0.1588,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E3399

secondary

#9AB96E

accent

#DA4E9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E3399

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

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