#5E175A#5E175A

#5E175A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.131 H 330.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E175A
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(303, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 4.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 40.16, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 46.54, 329.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.114 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.131 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7679, 3.7312, 10.0346)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E175A #175E1B

analogous

#3E175E #5E175A #5E1736

triadic

#5E175A #5A5E17 #175A5E

tetradic

#5E175A #5E3E17 #175E1B #17365E

square

#5E175A #5E3E17 #175E1B #17365E

split-complementary

#5E175A #365E17 #175E3E

monochromatic

#190618 #2D0B2B #5E175A #8F2389 #C02FB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#5E175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E175A

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E175A	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10305C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#622036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.131 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c89',
    500: '#5e175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e175a;
$custom-light: #8e5c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.38,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3514,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E175A

secondary

#3C9541

accent

#E44D44

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040B

muted

#7E797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E175A

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

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