#5E1581#5E1581

#5E1581 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.169 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1581
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 48.73, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 66.14, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.1114 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.169 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8459, 4.5012, 21.1675)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1581 #388115

analogous

#281581 #5E1581 #81156E

triadic

#5E1581 #815E15 #15815E

tetradic

#5E1581 #812815 #388115 #156E81

square

#5E1581 #812815 #388115 #156E81

split-complementary

#5E1581 #6E8115 #158128

monochromatic

#13041A #380C4C #5E1581 #841EB6 #A633DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#5E1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5E1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1581

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1581	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59314C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.169 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905da6',
    500: '#5e1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1581;
$custom-light: #905da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.556,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37786,
    "c": 0.16876,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1581

secondary

#63B63C

accent

#EF3974

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1581

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

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