#5E166E#5E166E

#5E166E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.150 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E166E
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 44.38, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 56.36, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.1141 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.15 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7171, 4.0797, 15.1298)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E166E #266E16

analogous

#32166E #5E166E #6E1652

triadic

#5E166E #6E5E16 #166E5E

tetradic

#5E166E #6E3216 #266E16 #16526E

square

#5E166E #6E3216 #266E16 #16526E

split-complementary

#5E166E #526E16 #166E32

monochromatic

#16051A #320C3B #5E166E #8A20A1 #B52AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#5E166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5E166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E166E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E166E	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.150 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c98',
    500: '#5e166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e166e;
$custom-light: #8f5c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36393,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E166E

secondary

#4FA43C

accent

#EA3E5D

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E166E

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