#5E35BE#5E35BE

#5E35BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.200 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35BE
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.29, 50.22, -65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.29, 82.48, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(46.44% 0.0685 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(46.44% 0.2 290)
XYZ	xyz(15.1808, 8.6430, 49.5736)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E35BE #95BE35

analogous

#3551BE #5E35BE #A235BE

triadic

#5E35BE #BE5E35 #35BE5E

tetradic

#5E35BE #BE3551 #95BE35 #35BEA2

square

#5E35BE #BE3551 #95BE35 #35BEA2

split-complementary

#5E35BE #BEA235 #51BE35

monochromatic

#2F1A5E #46288E #5E35BE #815ED2 #A68EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#5E35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5E35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35BE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35BE	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.200 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9570d3',
    500: '#5e35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35be;
$custom-light: #9570d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.956,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46437,
    "c": 0.19998,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.08644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35BE

secondary

#B5CA85

accent

#E048B2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35BE

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

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