#5E165E#5E165E

#5E165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.136 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E165E
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 41.28, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 48.78, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.1152 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.136 328)
XYZ	xyz(6.9233, 3.7622, 10.9490)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E165E #165E16

analogous

#3A165E #5E165E #5E163A

triadic

#5E165E #5E5E16 #165E5E

tetradic

#5E165E #5E3A16 #165E16 #163A5E

square

#5E165E #5E3A16 #165E16 #163A5E

split-complementary

#5E165E #3A5E16 #165E3A

monochromatic

#190619 #2C0A2C #5E165E #902290 #C12DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#5E165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E165E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E165E	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#083160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.136 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c8c',
    500: '#5e165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e165e;
$custom-light: #8e5c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35294,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.03762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E165E

secondary

#3B953B

accent

#E54343

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E165E

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

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