#5E339E#5E339E

#5E339E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.165 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E339E
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 42.46, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 66.53, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.0762 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.165 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9699, 7.2158, 33.1033)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E339E #739E33

analogous

#333D9E #5E339E #93339E

triadic

#5E339E #9E5E33 #339E5E

tetradic

#5E339E #9E333D #739E33 #339E93

square

#5E339E #9E333D #739E33 #339E93

split-complementary

#5E339E #9E9333 #3D9E33

monochromatic

#271541 #422470 #5E339E #7B4AC4 #9D78D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#5E339E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5E339E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E339E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E339E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E339E	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e339e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.165 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916ebb',
    500: '#5e339e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e339e;
$custom-light: #916ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e339e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.112,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43487,
    "c": 0.16478,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E339E

secondary

#9EBC71

accent

#DB4DA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF6

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E339E

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

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