#5E3499#5E3499

#5E3499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.157 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E3499
RGB	rgb(94, 52, 153)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 66%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 40.58, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 63.21, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.0757 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.157 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5924, 7.1354, 30.8973)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E3499 #6F9934

analogous

#343D99 #5E3499 #903499

triadic

#5E3499 #995E34 #34995E

tetradic

#5E3499 #99343D #6F9934 #349990

square

#5E3499 #99343D #6F9934 #349990

split-complementary

#5E3499 #999034 #3D9934

monochromatic

#26153E #42246B #5E3499 #7B49C1 #9C77D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#5E3499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5E3499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E3499

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E3499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E3499	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e3499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 52, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.157 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906eb8',
    500: '#5e3499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e3499;
$custom-light: #906eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e3499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 49.268,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43239,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E3499

secondary

#9BB970

accent

#D94F9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E3499

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

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