#5E35AB#5E35AB

#5E35AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.178 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35AB
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 171)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 69%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 44.95, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 72.40, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% 0.0721 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.178 294)
XYZ	xyz(13.2379, 7.8658, 39.3410)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 3.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E35AB #82AB35

analogous

#3547AB #5E35AB #9935AB

triadic

#5E35AB #AB5E35 #35AB5E

tetradic

#5E35AB #AB3547 #82AB35 #35AB99

square

#5E35AB #AB3547 #82AB35 #35AB99

split-complementary

#5E35AB #AB9935 #47AB35

monochromatic

#2B184E #44277C #5E35AB #7D53CA #A082D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5E35AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5E35AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35AB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35AB	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.178 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926fc5',
    500: '#5e35ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35ab;
$custom-light: #926fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44817,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.07866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35AB

secondary

#A9C27A

accent

#DC4CAA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35AB

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

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