#5E1588#5E1588

#5E1588 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.175 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1588
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 136)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 84.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 50.26, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 69.62, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.1095 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.175 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3273, 4.6938, 23.7024)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1588 #3F8815

analogous

#241588 #5E1588 #881578

triadic

#5E1588 #885E15 #15885E

tetradic

#5E1588 #882415 #3F8815 #157888

square

#5E1588 #882415 #3F8815 #157888

split-complementary

#5E1588 #788815 #158824

monochromatic

#15051E #390D53 #5E1588 #831DBD #A237E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#5E1588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5E1588 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1588

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1588	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.175 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eac',
    500: '#5e1588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1588;
$custom-light: #915eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.087,
    "s": 73.248,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38371,
    "c": 0.17533,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1588

secondary

#6BBC3D

accent

#F0387B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F4

border

#CCC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1588

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

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