#5E1689#5E1689

#5E1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.175 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1689
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 50.16, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 69.76, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.1084 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.175 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4174, 4.7598, 24.0847)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1689 #418916

analogous

#241689 #5E1689 #89167A

triadic

#5E1689 #895E16 #16895E

tetradic

#5E1689 #892416 #418916 #167A89

square

#5E1689 #892416 #418916 #167A89

split-complementary

#5E1689 #7A8916 #168924

monochromatic

#160520 #3A0E54 #5E1689 #821EBE #A23ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#5E1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1689

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1689	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.175 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eac',
    500: '#5e1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1689;
$custom-light: #915eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38534,
    "c": 0.1754,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1689

secondary

#6DBD3E

accent

#EF397D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1689

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

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