#5E1281#5E1281

#5E1281 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.171 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1281
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 49.66, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 67.17, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.1136 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.171 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7941, 4.3975, 21.1502)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1281 #358112

analogous

#271281 #5E1281 #81126D

triadic

#5E1281 #815E12 #12815E

tetradic

#5E1281 #812712 #358112 #126D81

square

#5E1281 #812712 #358112 #126D81

split-complementary

#5E1281 #6D8112 #128127

monochromatic

#14041B #370B4B #5E1281 #8519B7 #A82CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#5E1281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5E1281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1281

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1281	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59304C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.171 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ca6',
    500: '#5e1281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1281;
$custom-light: #905ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.081,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37564,
    "c": 0.17136,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1281

secondary

#60B738

accent

#F23671

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1281

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

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