#5E175C#5E175C

#5E175C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.133 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E175C
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(302, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(302, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 2.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 40.53, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 47.43, 328.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.114 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.133 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8542, 3.7657, 10.4890)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E175C #175E19

analogous

#3C175E #5E175C #5E1738

triadic

#5E175C #5C5E17 #175C5E

tetradic

#5E175C #5E3C17 #175E19 #17385E

square

#5E175C #5E3C17 #175E19 #17385E

split-complementary

#5E175C #385E17 #175E3C

monochromatic

#190618 #2D0B2C #5E175C #8F238C #C02FBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#5E175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E175C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E175C	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D315E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.133 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c8a',
    500: '#5e175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e175c;
$custom-light: #8e5c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.69,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35264,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E175C

secondary

#3C953F

accent

#E44844

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E175C

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

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