#5E1590#5E1590

#5E1590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.183 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1590
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 144)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 85.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.53, 52.06, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.53, 73.59, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.107 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.183 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9172, 4.9297, 26.8092)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1590 #479015

analogous

#211590 #5E1590 #901584

triadic

#5E1590 #905E15 #15905E

tetradic

#5E1590 #902115 #479015 #158490

square

#5E1590 #902115 #479015 #158490

split-complementary

#5E1590 #849015 #159021

monochromatic

#180525 #3B0D5B #5E1590 #811DC5 #9F3DE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#5E1590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5E1590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1590

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1590	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.183 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eb1',
    500: '#5e1590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1590;
$custom-light: #915eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.61,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39064,
    "c": 0.18288,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1590

secondary

#74C23E

accent

#F13782

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1590

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

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