#5E1572#5E1572

#5E1572 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.155 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1572
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 45.55, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 58.72, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.1145 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.155 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9211, 4.1313, 16.2965)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1572 #297215

analogous

#301572 #5E1572 #721558

triadic

#5E1572 #725E15 #15725E

tetradic

#5E1572 #723015 #297215 #155872

square

#5E1572 #723015 #297215 #155872

split-complementary

#5E1572 #587215 #157230

monochromatic

#15051A #330B3E #5E1572 #891FA6 #B22AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#5E1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5E1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1572

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1572	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.155 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c9b',
    500: '#5e1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1572;
$custom-light: #8f5c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.097,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36604,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1572

secondary

#52A83B

accent

#EC3C62

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1572

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

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