#5E1261#5E1261

#5E1261 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.143 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1261
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(298, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.57, 43.23, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.57, 51.75, 326.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.119 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.143 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9899, 3.6759, 11.6483)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.78

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1261 #156112

analogous

#371261 #5E1261 #61123C

triadic

#5E1261 #615E12 #12615E

tetradic

#5E1261 #613712 #156112 #123C61

square

#5E1261 #613712 #156112 #123C61

split-complementary

#5E1261 #3C6112 #126137

monochromatic

#19051A #2C082D #5E1261 #901C95 #C225C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#5E1261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5E1261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1261

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1261	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26395F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.143 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5a8e',
    500: '#5e1261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1261;
$custom-light: #8f5a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.722,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35142,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1261

secondary

#399936

accent

#EC3C43

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1261

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

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