#5E35AA#5E35AA

#5E35AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.177 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35AA
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 170)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 68.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 44.67, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 71.86, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% 0.0723 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.177 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1429, 7.8278, 38.8409)
Luminance	0.0783 (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

#5E35AA #81AA35

analogous

#3546AA #5E35AA #9835AA

triadic

#5E35AA #AA5E35 #35AA5E

tetradic

#5E35AA #AA3546 #81AA35 #35AA98

square

#5E35AA #AA3546 #81AA35 #35AA98

split-complementary

#5E35AA #AA9835 #46AA35

monochromatic

#2A184D #44267B #5E35AA #7C53C9 #A082D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5E35AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5E35AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35AA

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35AA	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.177 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926fc4',
    500: '#5e35aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35aa;
$custom-light: #926fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44735,
    "c": 0.17651,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35AA

secondary

#A8C17A

accent

#DC4CA9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35AA

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

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