#5E1872#5E1872

#5E1872 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.152 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1872
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(287, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 44.47, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 57.50, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.1117 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.152 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9795, 4.2482, 16.3160)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1872 #2C7218

analogous

#311872 #5E1872 #721859

triadic

#5E1872 #725E18 #18725E

tetradic

#5E1872 #723118 #2C7218 #185972

square

#5E1872 #723118 #2C7218 #185972

split-complementary

#5E1872 #597218 #187231

monochromatic

#150519 #340D3F #5E1872 #8823A5 #AF31D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#5E1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5E1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1872

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1872	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.152 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d9b',
    500: '#5e1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1872;
$custom-light: #8f5d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36869,
    "c": 0.15163,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1872

secondary

#56A73E

accent

#E84065

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1872

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

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