#5E1489#5E1489

#5E1489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.177 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1489
RGB	rgb(94, 20, 137)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 85.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 50.80, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 70.46, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.1099 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.177 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3807, 4.6863, 24.0724)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1489 #3F8914

analogous

#241489 #5E1489 #891479

triadic

#5E1489 #895E14 #14895E

tetradic

#5E1489 #892414 #3F8914 #147989

square

#5E1489 #892414 #3F8914 #147989

split-complementary

#5E1489 #798914 #148924

monochromatic

#15041E #390C54 #5E1489 #831CBE #A236E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#5E1489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5E1489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1489

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1489	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 20, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.177 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915dac',
    500: '#5e1489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1489;
$custom-light: #915dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.949,
    "s": 74.522,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38382,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1489

secondary

#6BBD3C

accent

#F1377B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F4

border

#CCC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1489

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

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