#5E138A#5E138A

#5E138A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.179 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E138A
RGB	rgb(94, 19, 138)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 51.32, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 71.29, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.1103 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.179 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4354, 4.6806, 24.4462)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E138A #3F8A13

analogous

#22138A #5E138A #8A137A

triadic

#5E138A #8A5E13 #138A5E

tetradic

#5E138A #8A2213 #3F8A13 #137A8A

square

#5E138A #8A2213 #3F8A13 #137A8A

split-complementary

#5E138A #7A8A13 #138A22

monochromatic

#15041E #390C54 #5E138A #831AC0 #A234E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#5E138A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5E138A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E138A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E138A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E138A	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e138a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 19, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.179 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915dad',
    500: '#5e138a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e138a;
$custom-light: #915dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e138a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.815,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38397,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E138A

secondary

#6BBE3A

accent

#F2357B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F4

border

#CCC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E138A

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

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