#5E138E#5E138E

#5E138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.183 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E138E
RGB	rgb(94, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 52.21, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 73.27, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.109 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.183 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7304, 4.7985, 25.9995)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E138E #438E13

analogous

#20138E #5E138E #8E1381

triadic

#5E138E #8E5E13 #138E5E

tetradic

#5E138E #8E2013 #438E13 #13818E

square

#5E138E #8E2013 #438E13 #13818E

split-complementary

#5E138E #818E13 #138E20

monochromatic

#170522 #3A0C58 #5E138E #821AC4 #A137E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5E138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E138E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E138E	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.183 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915db0',
    500: '#5e138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e138e;
$custom-light: #915db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38746,
    "c": 0.18255,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E138E

secondary

#70C23B

accent

#F3357F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F5

border

#CCC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E138E

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

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