#5E359D#5E359D

#5E359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.161 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E359D
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 41.11, -50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 64.80, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.0741 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.161 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9734, 7.3600, 32.6815)
Luminance	0.0736 (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

#5E359D #749D35

analogous

#35409D #5E359D #92359D

triadic

#5E359D #9D5E35 #359D5E

tetradic

#5E359D #9D3540 #749D35 #359D92

square

#5E359D #9D3540 #749D35 #359D92

split-complementary

#5E359D #9D9235 #409D35

monochromatic

#271641 #43266F #5E359D #7B4CC3 #9D7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#5E359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5E359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E359D

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E359D	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.161 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fbb',
    500: '#5e359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e359d;
$custom-light: #916fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.654,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43693,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E359D

secondary

#9FBB73

accent

#D94FA3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E359D

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

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