#5E1487#5E1487

#5E1487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.175 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1487
RGB	rgb(94, 20, 135)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 85.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 50.36, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 69.47, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.1105 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.175 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2385, 4.6294, 23.3239)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1487 #3D8714

analogous

#251487 #5E1487 #871476

triadic

#5E1487 #875E14 #14875E

tetradic

#5E1487 #872514 #3D8714 #147687

square

#5E1487 #872514 #3D8714 #147687

split-complementary

#5E1487 #768714 #148725

monochromatic

#14041C #390C52 #5E1487 #831CBC #A334E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#5E1487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5E1487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1487

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1487	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58334F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 20, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.175 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915dab',
    500: '#5e1487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1487;
$custom-light: #915dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.609,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38212,
    "c": 0.17524,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1487

secondary

#69BB3B

accent

#F13779

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F4

border

#CCC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1487

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

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