#5E137B#5E137B

#5E137B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.165 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E137B
RGB	rgb(94, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 48.08, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 63.88, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.1144 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.165 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4235, 4.2758, 19.1166)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E137B #307B13

analogous

#2A137B #5E137B #7B1364

triadic

#5E137B #7B5E13 #137B5E

tetradic

#5E137B #7B2A13 #307B13 #13647B

square

#5E137B #7B2A13 #307B13 #13647B

split-complementary

#5E137B #647B13 #137B2A

monochromatic

#14041B #350B46 #5E137B #871BB0 #AC2ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#5E137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5E137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E137B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E137B	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.165 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ca2',
    500: '#5e137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e137b;
$custom-light: #905ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.269,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37146,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E137B

secondary

#5AB139

accent

#F0386B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E137B

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

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