#5E186E#5E186E

#5E186E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.148 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E186E
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 43.64, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 55.53, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.1122 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.148 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7568, 4.1591, 15.1430)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E186E #286E18

analogous

#33186E #5E186E #6E1853

triadic

#5E186E #6E5E18 #186E5E

tetradic

#5E186E #6E3318 #286E18 #18536E

square

#5E186E #6E3318 #286E18 #18536E

split-complementary

#5E186E #536E18 #186E33

monochromatic

#150519 #330D3C #5E186E #8923A0 #B32FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#5E186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5E186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E186E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E186E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.148 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d98',
    500: '#5e186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e186e;
$custom-light: #8f5d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.837,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36576,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E186E

secondary

#51A43E

accent

#E74160

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E186E

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