#5E35B3#5E35B3

#5E35B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.187 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35B3
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 179)
HSL	hsl(260, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(260, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.36, 47.16, -60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.36, 76.68, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% 0.0707 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.187 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0236, 8.1801, 43.4791)
Luminance	0.0818 (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

#5E35B3 #8AB335

analogous

#354BB3 #5E35B3 #9D35B3

triadic

#5E35B3 #B35E35 #35B35E

tetradic

#5E35B3 #B3354B #8AB335 #35B39D

square

#5E35B3 #B3354B #8AB335 #35B39D

split-complementary

#5E35B3 #B39D35 #4BB335

monochromatic

#2C1955 #452784 #5E35B3 #7E58CD #A287DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#5E35B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E35B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35B3

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35B3	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.187 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9370cb',
    500: '#5e35b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35b3;
$custom-light: #9370cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.524,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45487,
    "c": 0.18715,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35B3

secondary

#AEC57F

accent

#DE4AAE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35B3

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

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