#5E1459#5E1459

#5E1459 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.134 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1459
RGB	rgb(94, 20, 89)
HSL	hsl(304, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(304, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 41.11, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 47.38, 330.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.1172 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.134 331)
XYZ	xyz(6.6694, 3.6018, 9.7932)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1459 #145E19

analogous

#3E145E #5E1459 #5E1434

triadic

#5E1459 #595E14 #14595E

tetradic

#5E1459 #5E3E14 #145E19 #14345E

square

#5E1459 #5E3E14 #145E19 #14345E

split-complementary

#5E1459 #345E14 #145E3E

monochromatic

#190518 #2C0929 #5E1459 #901F89 #C329B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#5E1459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5E1459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1459

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1459	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#621D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 20, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.134 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b88',
    500: '#5e1459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1459;
$custom-light: #8f5b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.054,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34795,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.03601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1459

secondary

#38963E

accent

#E84B40

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040B

muted

#7E797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1459

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

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