#5E1257#5E1257

#5E1257 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.135 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1257
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(306, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(306, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 7.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 41.45, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 47.31, 331.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.1191 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.135 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5527, 3.5010, 9.3456)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1257 #125E19

analogous

#3F125E #5E1257 #5E1231

triadic

#5E1257 #575E12 #12575E

tetradic

#5E1257 #5E3F12 #125E19 #12315E

square

#5E1257 #5E3F12 #125E19 #12315E

split-complementary

#5E1257 #315E12 #125E3F

monochromatic

#1A0518 #2B0827 #5E1257 #911C87 #C526B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#5E1257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#5E1257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1257

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1257	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#621B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.135 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5a86',
    500: '#5e1257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1257;
$custom-light: #8f5a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.526,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34498,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1257

secondary

#35963E

accent

#EB4D3D

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0D040B

muted

#7E797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1257

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

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