#5E166D#5E166D

#5E166D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.149 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E166D
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(290, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 44.18, -34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 55.88, 322.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.1143 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.149 320)
XYZ	xyz(7.6630, 4.0580, 14.8447)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E166D #256D16

analogous

#32166D #5E166D #6D1650

triadic

#5E166D #6D5E16 #166D5E

tetradic

#5E166D #6D3216 #256D16 #16506D

square

#5E166D #6D3216 #256D16 #16506D

split-complementary

#5E166D #506D16 #166D32

monochromatic

#160519 #320C3A #5E166D #8A20A0 #B62BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#5E166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E166D

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E166D	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.149 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c97',
    500: '#5e166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e166d;
$custom-light: #8f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36321,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.04058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E166D

secondary

#4DA33C

accent

#E93E5C

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E166D

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

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