#5E1461#5E1461

#5E1461 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.141 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1461
RGB	rgb(94, 20, 97)
HSL	hsl(298, 66%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 79%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 79.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 42.56, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 50.98, 326.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.1171 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.141 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0238, 3.7435, 11.6596)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1461 #176114

analogous

#371461 #5E1461 #61143D

triadic

#5E1461 #615E14 #14615E

tetradic

#5E1461 #613714 #176114 #143D61

square

#5E1461 #613714 #176114 #143D61

split-complementary

#5E1461 #3D6114 #146137

monochromatic

#190519 #2D0A2E #5E1461 #8F1E94 #C029C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#5E1461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E1461 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1461

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1461	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61213A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 20, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.141 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b8e',
    500: '#5e1461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1461;
$custom-light: #8f5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.662,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3531,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1461

secondary

#3C9838

accent

#E93F46

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1461

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

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