#5E49BE#5E49BE

#5E49BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.176 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E49BE
RGB	rgb(94, 73, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 61.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, 39.17, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 70.67, 303.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.0492 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.176 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2902, 10.8617, 49.9434)
Luminance	0.1086 (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

#5E49BE #A9BE49

analogous

#496FBE #5E49BE #9949BE

triadic

#5E49BE #BE5E49 #49BE5E

tetradic

#5E49BE #BE496F #A9BE49 #49BE99

square

#5E49BE #BE496F #A9BE49 #49BE99

split-complementary

#5E49BE #BE9949 #6FBE49

monochromatic

#312568 #463595 #5E49BE #8676CE #AEA3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#5E49BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#5E49BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E49BE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E49BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E49BE	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B657C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e49be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 73, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.176 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#937dd2',
    500: '#5e49be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e49be;
$custom-light: #937dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e49be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4936,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E49BE

secondary

#C2CB98

accent

#D751BF

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFA

border

#CCC9D3

text

#0E0914

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E49BE

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

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