#5E339D#5E339D

#5E339D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.164 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E339D
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 42.19, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 65.99, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.0763 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.164 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8842, 7.1815, 32.6518)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E339D #729D33

analogous

#333D9D #5E339D #93339D

triadic

#5E339D #9D5E33 #339D5E

tetradic

#5E339D #9D333D #729D33 #339D93

square

#5E339D #9D333D #729D33 #339D93

split-complementary

#5E339D #9D9333 #3D9D33

monochromatic

#271541 #42246F #5E339D #7B49C4 #9D77D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#5E339D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5E339D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E339D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E339D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E339D	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e339d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.164 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916ebb',
    500: '#5e339d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e339d;
$custom-light: #916ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e339d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.34,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43408,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E339D

secondary

#9DBB70

accent

#DA4DA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E339D

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

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