#5E1685#5E1685

#5E1685 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.172 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1685
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 133)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 83.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, 49.28, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 67.76, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.1095 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.172 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1358, 4.6471, 22.6015)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1685 #3D8516

analogous

#261685 #5E1685 #851674

triadic

#5E1685 #855E16 #16855E

tetradic

#5E1685 #852616 #3D8516 #167485

square

#5E1685 #852616 #3D8516 #167485

split-complementary

#5E1685 #748516 #168526

monochromatic

#14051C #390D50 #5E1685 #831FBA #A337DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#5E1685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5E1685 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1685

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1685	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58334F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.172 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ea9',
    500: '#5e1685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1685;
$custom-light: #905ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38197,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1685

secondary

#69B93E

accent

#EE3979

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1685

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

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