#5E176E#5E176E

#5E176E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.149 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E176E
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 44.02, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 55.95, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.1132 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.149 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7366, 4.1187, 15.1363)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E176E #276E17

analogous

#32176E #5E176E #6E1752

triadic

#5E176E #6E5E17 #176E5E

tetradic

#5E176E #6E3217 #276E17 #17526E

square

#5E176E #6E3217 #276E17 #17526E

split-complementary

#5E176E #526E17 #176E32

monochromatic

#160519 #330C3B #5E176E #8922A1 #B42CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#5E176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5E176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E176E

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E176E	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.149 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d98',
    500: '#5e176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e176e;
$custom-light: #8f5d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.966,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36483,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E176E

secondary

#50A43D

accent

#E83F5E

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E176E

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