#5E176A#5E176A

#5E176A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.145 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E176A
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 43.21, -32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 54.00, 323.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.1136 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.145 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5237, 4.0335, 14.0151)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E176A #236A17

analogous

#34176A #5E176A #6A174D

triadic

#5E176A #6A5E17 #176A5E

tetradic

#5E176A #6A3417 #236A17 #174D6A

square

#5E176A #6A3417 #236A17 #174D6A

split-complementary

#5E176A #4D6A17 #176A34

monochromatic

#160519 #310C38 #5E176A #8B229C #B72DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#5E176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E176A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E176A	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.145 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d95',
    500: '#5e176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e176a;
$custom-light: #8f5d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.325,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36197,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E176A

secondary

#4BA03D

accent

#E74059

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E176A

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

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