#5E175E#5E175E

#5E175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.135 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E175E
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 40.90, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 48.34, 327.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.1141 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.135 328)
XYZ	xyz(6.9428, 3.8011, 10.9555)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E175E #175E17

analogous

#3A175E #5E175E #5E173A

triadic

#5E175E #5E5E17 #175E5E

tetradic

#5E175E #5E3A17 #175E17 #173A5E

square

#5E175E #5E3A17 #175E17 #173A5E

split-complementary

#5E175E #3A5E17 #175E3A

monochromatic

#190619 #2D0B2D #5E175E #8F238F #C02FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#5E175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5E175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E175E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E175E	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.135 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c8c',
    500: '#5e175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e175e;
$custom-light: #8e5c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3539,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.03801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E175E

secondary

#3C953C

accent

#E44444

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E175E

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

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