#5E1561#5E1561

#5E1561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.140 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1561
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(298, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 42.20, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 50.58, 326.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.1161 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.14 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0418, 3.7796, 11.6656)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1561 #186115

analogous

#381561 #5E1561 #61153E

triadic

#5E1561 #615E15 #15615E

tetradic

#5E1561 #613815 #186115 #153E61

square

#5E1561 #613815 #186115 #153E61

split-complementary

#5E1561 #3E6115 #156138

monochromatic

#180519 #2D0A2F #5E1561 #8F2093 #C02BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#5E1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5E1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1561

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1561	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61223A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.140 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b8e',
    500: '#5e1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1561;
$custom-light: #8f5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.632,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35398,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1561

secondary

#3D983A

accent

#E74047

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1561

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

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