#5E166A#5E166A

#5E166A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.146 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E166A
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 43.58, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 54.42, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.1146 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.146 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5042, 3.9945, 14.0086)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E166A #226A16

analogous

#34166A #5E166A #6A164C

triadic

#5E166A #6A5E16 #166A5E

tetradic

#5E166A #6A3416 #226A16 #164C6A

square

#5E166A #6A3416 #226A16 #164C6A

split-complementary

#5E166A #4C6A16 #166A34

monochromatic

#160519 #310B37 #5E166A #8B219D #B82BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#5E166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E166A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E166A	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.146 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c95',
    500: '#5e166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e166a;
$custom-light: #8f5c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36106,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E166A

secondary

#4AA03B

accent

#E93F57

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E166A

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

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