#5E1772#5E1772

#5E1772 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.153 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1772
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 114)
HSL	hsl(287, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 44.84, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 57.92, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.1127 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.153 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9593, 4.2077, 16.3092)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1772 #2B7217

analogous

#311772 #5E1772 #721759

triadic

#5E1772 #725E17 #17725E

tetradic

#5E1772 #723117 #2B7217 #175972

square

#5E1772 #723117 #2B7217 #175972

split-complementary

#5E1772 #597217 #177231

monochromatic

#150519 #340D3F #5E1772 #8821A5 #B02ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#5E1772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5E1772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1772

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1772	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.153 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d9b',
    500: '#5e1772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1772;
$custom-light: #8f5d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.813,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36777,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1772

secondary

#55A83D

accent

#E93E64

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1772

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

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