#5E1796#5E1796

#5E1796 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.187 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1796
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 150)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 84.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 52.79, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 75.88, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.1037 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.187 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4262, 5.1945, 29.3016)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1796 #4F9617

analogous

#1F1796 #5E1796 #96178F

triadic

#5E1796 #965E17 #17965E

tetradic

#5E1796 #961F17 #4F9617 #178F96

square

#5E1796 #961F17 #4F9617 #178F96

split-complementary

#5E1796 #8F9617 #17961F

monochromatic

#1B072C #3D0F61 #5E1796 #7F1FCB #9D45E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#5E1796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5E1796 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1796

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1796	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.187 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925fb6',
    500: '#5e1796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1796;
$custom-light: #925fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.543,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39745,
    "c": 0.18698,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1796

secondary

#7DC345

accent

#F03889

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1796

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

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