#5E175B#5E175B

#5E175B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.132 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E175B
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(303, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 3.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.82, 40.34, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.82, 46.98, 329.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.114 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.132 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8108, 3.7483, 10.2603)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E175B #175E1A

analogous

#3D175E #5E175B #5E1737

triadic

#5E175B #5B5E17 #175B5E

tetradic

#5E175B #5E3D17 #175E1A #17375E

square

#5E175B #5E3D17 #175E1A #17375E

split-complementary

#5E175B #375E17 #175E3D

monochromatic

#190618 #2D0B2B #5E175B #8F238B #C02FBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#5E175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E175B

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E175B	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F305D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#622037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.132 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c8a',
    500: '#5e175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e175b;
$custom-light: #8e5c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.535,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35201,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E175B

secondary

#3C9540

accent

#E44B44

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040B

muted

#7E797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E175B

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

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