#5E35AD#5E35AD

#5E35AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.180 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35AD
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 173)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 45.50, -57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 73.47, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.98% 0.0718 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(44.98% 0.18 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4300, 7.9426, 40.3525)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 3.99

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E35AD #84AD35

analogous

#3548AD #5E35AD #9A35AD

triadic

#5E35AD #AD5E35 #35AD5E

tetradic

#5E35AD #AD3548 #84AD35 #35AD9A

square

#5E35AD #AD3548 #84AD35 #35AD9A

split-complementary

#5E35AD #AD9A35 #48AD35

monochromatic

#2B184F #45277E #5E35AD #7D54CB #A183D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#5E35AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5E35AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35AD

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35AD	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47536D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.180 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936fc6',
    500: '#5e35ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35ad;
$custom-light: #936fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44983,
    "c": 0.18008,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35AD

secondary

#AAC37B

accent

#DD4BAB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35AD

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

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