#5E146B#5E146B

#5E146B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.150 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E146B
RGB	rgb(94, 20, 107)
HSL	hsl(291, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(291, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 44.48, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 55.70, 322.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.1164 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.15 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5198, 3.9419, 14.2719)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E146B #216B14

analogous

#32146B #5E146B #6B144D

triadic

#5E146B #6B5E14 #146B5E

tetradic

#5E146B #6B3214 #216B14 #144D6B

square

#5E146B #6B3214 #216B14 #144D6B

split-complementary

#5E146B #4D6B14 #146B32

monochromatic

#17051A #310A37 #5E146B #8B1E9F #B927D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#5E146B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5E146B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E146B

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E146B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E146B	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e146b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 20, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.150 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b96',
    500: '#5e146b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e146b;
$custom-light: #8f5b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e146b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.034,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36004,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E146B

secondary

#49A239

accent

#EB3C57

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E146B

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

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