#5E35A3#5E35A3

#5E35A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.168 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35A3
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 163)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 67.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 42.75, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 68.07, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.0733 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.168 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4983, 7.5700, 35.4459)
Luminance	0.0757 (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

#5E35A3 #7AA335

analogous

#3543A3 #5E35A3 #9535A3

triadic

#5E35A3 #A35E35 #35A35E

tetradic

#5E35A3 #A33543 #7AA335 #35A395

square

#5E35A3 #A33543 #7AA335 #35A395

split-complementary

#5E35A3 #A39535 #43A335

monochromatic

#291747 #432675 #5E35A3 #7C4FC6 #9E7ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#5E35A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5E35A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35A3

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35A3	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.168 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fbf',
    500: '#5e35a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35a3;
$custom-light: #916fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.364,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44167,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35A3

secondary

#A3BE76

accent

#DA4DA6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35A3

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

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