#5E168D#5E168D

#5E168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.179 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E168D
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 51.06, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 71.75, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.1073 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.179 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7097, 4.8767, 25.6239)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E168D #458D16

analogous

#23168D #5E168D #8D1680

triadic

#5E168D #8D5E16 #168D5E

tetradic

#5E168D #8D2316 #458D16 #16808D

square

#5E168D #8D2316 #458D16 #16808D

split-complementary

#5E168D #808D16 #168D23

monochromatic

#170523 #3B0E58 #5E168D #811EC2 #A03DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#5E168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E168D

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E168D	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.179 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eaf',
    500: '#5e168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e168d;
$custom-light: #915eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.303,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38877,
    "c": 0.1792,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E168D

secondary

#72C13E

accent

#F03881

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E168D

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

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