#5E1789#5E1789

#5E1789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.174 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1789
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 49.83, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 69.39, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.1077 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.175 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4369, 4.7988, 24.0912)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1789 #428917

analogous

#251789 #5E1789 #89177B

triadic

#5E1789 #895E17 #17895E

tetradic

#5E1789 #892517 #428917 #177B89

square

#5E1789 #892517 #428917 #177B89

split-complementary

#5E1789 #7B8917 #178925

monochromatic

#160520 #3A0E55 #5E1789 #8220BD #A13CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5E1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1789

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1789	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.174 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eac',
    500: '#5e1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1789;
$custom-light: #915eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.368,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38613,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1789

secondary

#6EBD3F

accent

#EE3A7E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1789

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

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