#5E187E#5E187E

#5E187E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.163 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E187E
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 47.04, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 63.48, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.1096 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.163 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7079, 4.5396, 20.1521)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E187E #387E18

analogous

#2B187E #5E187E #7E186B

triadic

#5E187E #7E5E18 #187E5E

tetradic

#5E187E #7E2B18 #387E18 #186B7E

square

#5E187E #7E2B18 #387E18 #186B7E

split-complementary

#5E187E #6B7E18 #187E2B

monochromatic

#13051A #380E4B #5E187E #8422B1 #A637D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#5E187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5E187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E187E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E187E	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.163 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ea4',
    500: '#5e187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e187e;
$custom-light: #905ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37793,
    "c": 0.16302,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E187E

secondary

#63B23F

accent

#EB3D74

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E187E

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

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