#5E35CA#5E35CA

#5E35CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.214 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E35CA
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 202)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 53.56, -70.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 88.71, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.0658 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.214 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5467, 9.1893, 56.7675)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.58

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E35CA #A1CA35

analogous

#3557CA #5E35CA #A835CA

triadic

#5E35CA #CA5E35 #35CA5E

tetradic

#5E35CA #CA3557 #A1CA35 #35CAA8

square

#5E35CA #CA3557 #A1CA35 #35CAA8

split-complementary

#5E35CA #CAA835 #57CA35

monochromatic

#311C69 #47289A #5E35CA #8565D7 #AB96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#5E35CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5E35CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E35CA

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E35CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E35CA	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e35ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.214 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9671db',
    500: '#5e35ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e35ca;
$custom-light: #9671db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e35ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.51,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4751,
    "c": 0.21373,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E35CA

secondary

#BCCF8C

accent

#E246B7

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E35CA

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

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