#5E35A2#5E35A2

#5E35A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.167 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35A2
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 162)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 67.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 42.47, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 67.53, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% 0.0735 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.167 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4091, 7.5343, 34.9759)
Luminance	0.0754 (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

#5E35A2 #79A235

analogous

#3542A2 #5E35A2 #9535A2

triadic

#5E35A2 #A25E35 #35A25E

tetradic

#5E35A2 #A23542 #79A235 #35A295

square

#5E35A2 #A23542 #79A235 #35A295

split-complementary

#5E35A2 #A29535 #42A235

monochromatic

#281746 #432674 #5E35A2 #7B4FC5 #9E7DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#5E35A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5E35A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35A2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35A2	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.167 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fbe',
    500: '#5e35a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35a2;
$custom-light: #916fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.569,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44087,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35A2

secondary

#A2BD75

accent

#DA4EA5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35A2

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

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