#5E399E#5E399E

#5E399E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.157 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E399E
RGB	rgb(94, 57, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 63.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 39.16, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 62.92, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.0694 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.157 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2492, 7.7743, 33.1964)
Luminance	0.0777 (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

#5E399E #799E39

analogous

#39479E #5E399E #91399E

triadic

#5E399E #9E5E39 #399E5E

tetradic

#5E399E #9E3947 #799E39 #399E91

square

#5E399E #9E3947 #799E39 #399E91

split-complementary

#5E399E #9E9139 #479E39

monochromatic

#281944 #432971 #5E399E #7B53C1 #9E80D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#5E399E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5E399E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E399E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E399E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E399E	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e399e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 57, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.157 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9071bb',
    500: '#5e399e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e399e;
$custom-light: #9071bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e399e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.98,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44364,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E399E

secondary

#A2BB78

accent

#D751A6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E399E

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

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