#5E1571#5E1571

#5E1571 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.154 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1571
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 113)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 81.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 45.35, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 58.23, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.1146 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.154 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8645, 4.1086, 15.9984)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1571 #287115

analogous

#301571 #5E1571 #711556

triadic

#5E1571 #715E15 #15715E

tetradic

#5E1571 #713015 #287115 #155671

square

#5E1571 #713015 #287115 #155671

split-complementary

#5E1571 #567115 #157130

monochromatic

#15051A #330B3D #5E1571 #891FA5 #B329D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#5E1571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5E1571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1571

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1571	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.154 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c9a',
    500: '#5e1571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1571;
$custom-light: #8f5c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.609,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36529,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1571

secondary

#51A73B

accent

#EB3C60

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1571

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

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