#5E1255#5E1255

#5E1255 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.133 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1255
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 85)
HSL	hsl(307, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(307, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.83, 41.11, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.83, 46.46, 332.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.119 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.133 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4721, 3.4687, 8.9212)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1255 #125E1B

analogous

#41125E #5E1255 #5E122F

triadic

#5E1255 #555E12 #12555E

tetradic

#5E1255 #5E4112 #125E1B #122F5E

square

#5E1255 #5E4112 #125E1B #122F5E

split-complementary

#5E1255 #2F5E12 #125E41

monochromatic

#1A0517 #2B0827 #5E1255 #911C83 #C526B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#5E1255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#5E1255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1255

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1255	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F2D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.133 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5a85',
    500: '#5e1255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1255;
$custom-light: #8f5a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.105,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34376,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1255

secondary

#359641

accent

#EB523D

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0D040B

muted

#7E797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1255

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

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