#5E3597#5E3597

#5E3597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.154 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E3597
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 39.49, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 61.51, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.0747 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.154 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4737, 7.1601, 30.0497)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E3597 #6E9735

analogous

#353D97 #5E3597 #8F3597

triadic

#5E3597 #975E35 #35975E

tetradic

#5E3597 #97353D #6E9735 #35978F

square

#5E3597 #97353D #6E9735 #35978F

split-complementary

#5E3597 #978F35 #3D9735

monochromatic

#26153C #42256A #5E3597 #7B4ABF #9C77CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#5E3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5E3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E3597

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E3597	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.154 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906fb6',
    500: '#5e3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e3597;
$custom-light: #906fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43232,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E3597

secondary

#9AB870

accent

#D8509F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E3597

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

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