#5E176C#5E176C

#5E176C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.147 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E176C
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(290, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 43.61, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 54.97, 322.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.1134 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.147 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6289, 4.0756, 14.5693)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E176C #256C17

analogous

#34176C #5E176C #6C174F

triadic

#5E176C #6C5E17 #176C5E

tetradic

#5E176C #6C3417 #256C17 #174F6C

square

#5E176C #6C3417 #256C17 #174F6C

split-complementary

#5E176C #4F6C17 #176C34

monochromatic

#160519 #320C3A #5E176C #8A229E #B62CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#5E176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5E176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E176C

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E176C	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.147 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d97',
    500: '#5e176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e176c;
$custom-light: #8f5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.118,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36339,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E176C

secondary

#4DA23D

accent

#E8405C

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E176C

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