#5E1271#5E1271

#5E1271 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.157 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1271
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 113)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 84%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 84.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 46.33, -37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 59.34, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.1172 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.157 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8126, 4.0049, 15.9811)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1271 #257112

analogous

#2E1271 #5E1271 #711254

triadic

#5E1271 #715E12 #12715E

tetradic

#5E1271 #712E12 #257112 #125471

square

#5E1271 #712E12 #257112 #125471

split-complementary

#5E1271 #547112 #12712E

monochromatic

#16041A #320A3C #5E1271 #8A1AA6 #B623DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#5E1271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E1271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1271

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1271	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.157 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b9a',
    500: '#5e1271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1271;
$custom-light: #8f5b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36289,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1271

secondary

#4DA837

accent

#EF395D

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1271

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

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