#5E168A#5E168A

#5E168A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.176 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E168A
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 84.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 50.39, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 70.26, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.1082 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.176 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4895, 4.7886, 24.4642)
Luminance	0.0479 (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

#5E168A #428A16

analogous

#24168A #5E168A #8A167C

triadic

#5E168A #8A5E16 #168A5E

tetradic

#5E168A #8A2416 #428A16 #167C8A

square

#5E168A #8A2416 #428A16 #167C8A

split-complementary

#5E168A #7C8A16 #168A24

monochromatic

#160520 #3A0E55 #5E168A #821EBF #A13BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#5E168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E168A

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E168A	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.176 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915ead',
    500: '#5e168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e168a;
$custom-light: #915ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38619,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E168A

secondary

#6EBE3E

accent

#EF397E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E168A

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

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