#5E118C#5E118C

#5E118C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.182 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E118C
RGB	rgb(94, 17, 140)
HSL	hsl(278, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 88%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 87.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 52.33, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 72.90, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.1109 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.182 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5491, 4.6742, 25.2050)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E118C #3F8C11

analogous

#20118C #5E118C #8C117C

triadic

#5E118C #8C5E11 #118C5E

tetradic

#5E118C #8C2011 #3F8C11 #117C8C

square

#5E118C #8C2011 #3F8C11 #117C8C

split-complementary

#5E118C #7C8C11 #118C20

monochromatic

#15041F #390A55 #5E118C #8318C3 #A231E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#5E118C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5E118C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E118C

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E118C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E118C	1.00	10.85	1.93	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e118c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 17, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.182 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915caf',
    500: '#5e118c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e118c;
$custom-light: #915caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e118c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.561,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38438,
    "c": 0.18219,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E118C

secondary

#6BC138

accent

#F5337B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F5

border

#CCC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E118C

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

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