#5E1790#5E1790

#5E1790 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.181 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1790
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 144)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 84%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 51.41, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 72.89, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.1056 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.181 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9554, 5.0062, 26.8220)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1790 #499017

analogous

#221790 #5E1790 #901785

triadic

#5E1790 #905E17 #17905E

tetradic

#5E1790 #902217 #499017 #178590

square

#5E1790 #902217 #499017 #178590

split-complementary

#5E1790 #859017 #179022

monochromatic

#190626 #3C0F5B #5E1790 #801FC5 #9F41E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5E1790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5E1790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1790

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1790	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.181 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fb1',
    500: '#5e1790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1790;
$custom-light: #915fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.207,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39215,
    "c": 0.18122,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1790

secondary

#76C142

accent

#EF3984

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1790

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

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