#5E35AC#5E35AC

#5E35AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.179 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35AC
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 172)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 69.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 45.22, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 72.93, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% 0.072 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.179 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3336, 7.9041, 39.8448)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 3.86

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E35AC #83AC35

analogous

#3548AC #5E35AC #9A35AC

triadic

#5E35AC #AC5E35 #35AC5E

tetradic

#5E35AC #AC3548 #83AC35 #35AC9A

square

#5E35AC #AC3548 #83AC35 #35AC9A

split-complementary

#5E35AC #AC9A35 #48AC35

monochromatic

#2B184E #44277D #5E35AC #7D54CA #A083D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#5E35AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E35AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35AC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35AC	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.179 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926fc6',
    500: '#5e35ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35ac;
$custom-light: #926fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.672,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.449,
    "c": 0.17889,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35AC

secondary

#AAC27B

accent

#DC4CAA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35AC

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

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