#5E1472#5E1472

#5E1472 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.156 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1472
RGB	rgb(94, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 45.89, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 59.10, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.1154 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.156 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9031, 4.0953, 16.2905)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1472 #287214

analogous

#2F1472 #5E1472 #721457

triadic

#5E1472 #725E14 #14725E

tetradic

#5E1472 #722F14 #287214 #145772

square

#5E1472 #722F14 #287214 #145772

split-complementary

#5E1472 #577214 #14722F

monochromatic

#15051A #330B3E #5E1472 #891DA6 #B327D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#5E1472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5E1472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1472

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1472	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.156 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c9b',
    500: '#5e1472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1472;
$custom-light: #8f5c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.234,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36521,
    "c": 0.15588,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1472

secondary

#51A839

accent

#ED3B61

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1472

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

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