#5E118E#5E118E

#5E118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.184 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E118E
RGB	rgb(94, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(277, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 52.77, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 73.89, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.1102 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.184 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6980, 4.7337, 25.9887)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E118E #418E11

analogous

#1F118E #5E118E #8E117F

triadic

#5E118E #8E5E11 #118E5E

tetradic

#5E118E #8E1F11 #418E11 #117F8E

square

#5E118E #8E1F11 #418E11 #117F8E

split-complementary

#5E118E #7F8E11 #118E1F

monochromatic

#160421 #3A0A57 #5E118E #8218C5 #A233E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#5E118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E118E

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E118E	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.184 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915db0',
    500: '#5e118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e118e;
$custom-light: #915db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.96,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38614,
    "c": 0.18402,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E118E

secondary

#6DC238

accent

#F5337D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F5

border

#CCC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E118E

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

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