#5E1272#5E1272

#5E1272 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.158 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1272
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 114)
HSL	hsl(288, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 46.53, -37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 59.82, 321.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.117 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.158 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8692, 4.0276, 16.2792)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1272 #267212

analogous

#2E1272 #5E1272 #721256

triadic

#5E1272 #725E12 #12725E

tetradic

#5E1272 #722E12 #267212 #125672

square

#5E1272 #722E12 #267212 #125672

split-complementary

#5E1272 #567212 #12722E

monochromatic

#16041A #320A3D #5E1272 #8A1AA7 #B523DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#5E1272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E1272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1272

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1272	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.158 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b9b',
    500: '#5e1272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1272;
$custom-light: #8f5b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36366,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1272

secondary

#4FA937

accent

#EF385F

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1272

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

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