#5E166C#5E166C

#5E166C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.148 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E166C
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(290, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 43.98, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 55.39, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.1144 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.148 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6095, 4.0366, 14.5628)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E166C #246C16

analogous

#33166C #5E166C #6C164F

triadic

#5E166C #6C5E16 #166C5E

tetradic

#5E166C #6C3316 #246C16 #164F6C

square

#5E166C #6C3316 #246C16 #164F6C

split-complementary

#5E166C #4F6C16 #166C33

monochromatic

#160519 #320C39 #5E166C #8A209F #B72BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#5E166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E166C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E166C	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.148 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c97',
    500: '#5e166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e166c;
$custom-light: #8f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.233,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36248,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E166C

secondary

#4CA23C

accent

#E93F5A

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E166C

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