#5E175F#5E175F

#5E175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.135 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E175F
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(299, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 41.08, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 48.80, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.1141 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.135 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9879, 3.8192, 11.1934)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E175F #185F17

analogous

#3A175F #5E175F #5F173C

triadic

#5E175F #5F5E17 #175F5E

tetradic

#5E175F #5F3A17 #185F17 #173C5F

square

#5E175F #5F3A17 #185F17 #173C5F

split-complementary

#5E175F #3C5F17 #175F3A

monochromatic

#180619 #2D0B2E #5E175F #8F2390 #C02FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#5E175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5E175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E175F

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E175F	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.135 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c8d',
    500: '#5e175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e175f;
$custom-light: #8e5c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.167,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35454,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E175F

secondary

#3D963C

accent

#E44446

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E175F

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

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