#5E35B4#5E35B4

#5E35B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.188 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35B4
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 180)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, 47.44, -60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 77.21, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.0706 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.188 292)
XYZ	xyz(14.1251, 8.2207, 44.0137)
Luminance	0.0822 (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

#5E35B4 #8BB435

analogous

#354CB4 #5E35B4 #9D35B4

triadic

#5E35B4 #B45E35 #35B45E

tetradic

#5E35B4 #B4354C #8BB435 #35B49D

square

#5E35B4 #B4354C #8BB435 #35B49D

split-complementary

#5E35B4 #B49D35 #4CB435

monochromatic

#2D1955 #452785 #5E35B4 #7E58CE #A388DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#5E35B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E35B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35B4

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35B4	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.188 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9370cb',
    500: '#5e35b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35b4;
$custom-light: #9370cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.37,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45572,
    "c": 0.18833,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.08221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35B4

secondary

#AFC67F

accent

#DE4AAE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35B4

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

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