#5E3591#5E3591

#5E3591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.146 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E3591
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 145)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 37.88, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 58.20, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.0751 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.146 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9988, 6.9702, 27.5485)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E3591 #689135

analogous

#353A91 #5E3591 #8C3591

triadic

#5E3591 #915E35 #35915E

tetradic

#5E3591 #91353A #689135 #35918C

square

#5E3591 #91353A #689135 #35918C

split-complementary

#5E3591 #918C35 #3A9135

monochromatic

#241437 #412564 #5E3591 #7B47BC #9B74CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#5E3591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5E3591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E3591

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E3591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E3591	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#144A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e3591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.146 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6eb2',
    500: '#5e3591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e3591;
$custom-light: #8f6eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e3591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 46.465,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42784,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E3591

secondary

#95B56D

accent

#D6529B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E3591

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

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