#5E359B#5E359B

#5E359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.158 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E359B
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 40.57, -49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 63.71, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.0743 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.158 298)
XYZ	xyz(11.8041, 7.2923, 31.7896)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E359B #729B35

analogous

#353F9B #5E359B #91359B

triadic

#5E359B #9B5E35 #359B5E

tetradic

#5E359B #9B353F #729B35 #359B91

square

#5E359B #9B353F #729B35 #359B91

split-complementary

#5E359B #9B9135 #3F9B35

monochromatic

#271640 #42256D #5E359B #7B4CC2 #9D79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#5E359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#5E359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E359B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E359B	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.158 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906fb9',
    500: '#5e359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e359b;
$custom-light: #906fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43538,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.07292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E359B

secondary

#9DBA72

accent

#D94FA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E359B

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

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