#5E1871#5E1871

#5E1871 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.151 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1871
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 113)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 78.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 44.26, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 57.00, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.1118 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.151 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9229, 4.2256, 16.0179)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1871 #2B7118

analogous

#321871 #5E1871 #711858

triadic

#5E1871 #715E18 #18715E

tetradic

#5E1871 #713218 #2B7118 #185871

square

#5E1871 #713218 #2B7118 #185871

split-complementary

#5E1871 #587118 #187132

monochromatic

#150519 #340D3F #5E1871 #8823A3 #B030D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#5E1871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5E1871 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1871

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1871	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.151 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d9a',
    500: '#5e1871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1871;
$custom-light: #8f5d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.191,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36795,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1871

secondary

#55A63E

accent

#E84064

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1871

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

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