#5E185B#5E185B

#5E185B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.131 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E185B
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(303, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(303, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 3.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 39.95, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 46.53, 329.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.1129 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.131 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8310, 3.7888, 10.2670)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E185B #185E1B

analogous

#3E185E #5E185B #5E1838

triadic

#5E185B #5B5E18 #185B5E

tetradic

#5E185B #5E3E18 #185E1B #18385E

square

#5E185B #5E3E18 #185E1B #18385E

split-complementary

#5E185B #385E18 #185E3E

monochromatic

#180618 #2D0C2C #5E185B #8F248A #C031B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#5E185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5E185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E185B

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E185B	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10315D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#622137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.131 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c8a',
    500: '#5e185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e185b;
$custom-light: #8e5c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35301,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E185B

secondary

#3D9441

accent

#E34C45

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040B

muted

#7E797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E185B

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

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