#5E35B5#5E35B5

#5E35B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.190 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35B5
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 181)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.52, 47.71, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.52, 77.74, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.66% 0.0704 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(45.66% 0.19 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2273, 8.2616, 44.5521)
Luminance	0.0826 (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

#5E35B5 #8CB535

analogous

#354CB5 #5E35B5 #9E35B5

triadic

#5E35B5 #B55E35 #35B55E

tetradic

#5E35B5 #B5354C #8CB535 #35B59E

square

#5E35B5 #B5354C #8CB535 #35B59E

split-complementary

#5E35B5 #B59E35 #4CB535

monochromatic

#2D1956 #452786 #5E35B5 #7E59CE #A388DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#5E35B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5E35B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35B5

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35B5	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.190 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9470cc',
    500: '#5e35b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35b5;
$custom-light: #9470cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.219,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45657,
    "c": 0.18951,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35B5

secondary

#B0C680

accent

#DE4AAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35B5

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

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