#5E176B#5E176B

#5E176B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.146 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E176B
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(291, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 43.41, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 54.49, 322.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.1135 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.146 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5760, 4.0544, 14.2906)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E176B #246B17

analogous

#34176B #5E176B #6B174E

triadic

#5E176B #6B5E17 #176B5E

tetradic

#5E176B #6B3417 #246B17 #174E6B

square

#5E176B #6B3417 #246B17 #174E6B

split-complementary

#5E176B #4E6B17 #176B34

monochromatic

#160519 #320C39 #5E176B #8A229D #B72DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#5E176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E176B

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E176B	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.146 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d96',
    500: '#5e176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e176b;
$custom-light: #8f5d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.714,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36268,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E176B

secondary

#4CA13D

accent

#E8405A

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E176B

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

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