#5E148B#5E148B

#5E148B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.179 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E148B
RGB	rgb(94, 20, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 85.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 51.24, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 71.45, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.1093 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.179 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5255, 4.7442, 24.8350)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E148B #418B14

analogous

#22148B #5E148B #8B147C

triadic

#5E148B #8B5E14 #148B5E

tetradic

#5E148B #8B2214 #418B14 #147C8B

square

#5E148B #8B2214 #418B14 #147C8B

split-complementary

#5E148B #7C8B14 #148B22

monochromatic

#160520 #3A0C55 #5E148B #821CC1 #A237E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#5E148B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E148B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E148B

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E148B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E148B	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e148b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 20, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.179 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915dae',
    500: '#5e148b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e148b;
$custom-light: #915dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e148b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.311,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38555,
    "c": 0.17897,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E148B

secondary

#6DBF3C

accent

#F1367D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F4

border

#CCC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E148B

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

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