#5E1589#5E1589

#5E1589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.176 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1589
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 50.49, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 70.12, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.1092 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.176 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3987, 4.7223, 24.0784)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1589 #408915

analogous

#241589 #5E1589 #89157A

triadic

#5E1589 #895E15 #15895E

tetradic

#5E1589 #892415 #408915 #157A89

square

#5E1589 #892415 #408915 #157A89

split-complementary

#5E1589 #7A8915 #158924

monochromatic

#15051F #3A0D54 #5E1589 #821DBE #A238E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#5E1589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5E1589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1589

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1589	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.176 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eac',
    500: '#5e1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1589;
$custom-light: #915eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38457,
    "c": 0.17627,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1589

secondary

#6CBD3D

accent

#F0387C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F4

border

#CCC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1589

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

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