#5E1174#5E1174

#5E1174 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.160 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1174
RGB	rgb(94, 17, 116)
HSL	hsl(287, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 47.24, -38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 61.14, 320.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.1174 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.16 317)
XYZ	xyz(7.9685, 4.0419, 16.8800)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1174 #277411

analogous

#2C1174 #5E1174 #741158

triadic

#5E1174 #745E11 #11745E

tetradic

#5E1174 #742C11 #277411 #115874

square

#5E1174 #742C11 #277411 #115874

split-complementary

#5E1174 #587411 #11742C

monochromatic

#16041B #33093F #5E1174 #8919A9 #B421DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#5E1174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E1174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1174

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1174	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 17, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.160 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b9d',
    500: '#5e1174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1174;
$custom-light: #8f5b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36446,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.04042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1174

secondary

#50AB36

accent

#F13760

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1174

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

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