#5E1566#5E1566

#5E1566 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.144 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1566
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 102)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(294, 79%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 79.4%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 43.15, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 52.92, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.1159 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.144 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2823, 3.8758, 12.9323)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1566 #1D6615

analogous

#361566 #5E1566 #661546

triadic

#5E1566 #665E15 #15665E

tetradic

#5E1566 #663615 #1D6615 #154666

square

#5E1566 #663615 #1D6615 #154666

split-complementary

#5E1566 #466615 #156636

monochromatic

#170519 #2F0B33 #5E1566 #8D1F99 #BC2ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#5E1566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E1566 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1566

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1566	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243A64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60243D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.144 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c92',
    500: '#5e1566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1566;
$custom-light: #8f5c92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.074,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35737,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1566

secondary

#449D3A

accent

#E93F50

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1566

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

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