#5E1156#5E1156

#5E1156 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.135 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1156
RGB	rgb(94, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(306, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(306, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, 41.61, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 47.26, 331.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.12 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.135 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4963, 3.4530, 9.1267)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1156 #115E19

analogous

#40115E #5E1156 #5E1130

triadic

#5E1156 #565E11 #11565E

tetradic

#5E1156 #5E4011 #115E19 #11305E

square

#5E1156 #5E4011 #115E19 #11305E

split-complementary

#5E1156 #305E11 #115E40

monochromatic

#1A0518 #2A0827 #5E1156 #921A85 #C624B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#5E1156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#5E1156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1156

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1156	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.135 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5986',
    500: '#5e1156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1156;
$custom-light: #8f5986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.234,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34354,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1156

secondary

#34973E

accent

#EC4E3C

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0D040B

muted

#7E797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1156

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

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