#5E168B#5E168B

#5E168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.177 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E168B
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 50.61, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 70.75, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.1079 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.177 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5622, 4.8177, 24.8473)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E168B #438B16

analogous

#24168B #5E168B #8B167E

triadic

#5E168B #8B5E16 #168B5E

tetradic

#5E168B #8B2416 #438B16 #167E8B

square

#5E168B #8B2416 #438B16 #167E8B

split-complementary

#5E168B #7E8B16 #168B24

monochromatic

#170521 #3A0E56 #5E168B #821EC0 #A13BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#5E168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E168B

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E168B	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.177 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eae',
    500: '#5e168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e168b;
$custom-light: #915eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38704,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E168B

secondary

#70BF3E

accent

#EF387F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E168B

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

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