#5E1889#5E1889

#5E1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.174 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1889
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 49.49, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 69.01, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.1069 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.174 308)
XYZ	xyz(9.4571, 4.8392, 24.0979)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1889 #438918

analogous

#261889 #5E1889 #89187C

triadic

#5E1889 #895E18 #18895E

tetradic

#5E1889 #892618 #438918 #187C89

square

#5E1889 #892618 #438918 #187C89

split-complementary

#5E1889 #7C8918 #188926

monochromatic

#170621 #3A0F55 #5E1889 #8221BD #A13EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#5E1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1889

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1889	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.174 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fac',
    500: '#5e1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1889;
$custom-light: #915fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.168,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38696,
    "c": 0.17359,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1889

secondary

#70BD40

accent

#ED3B7F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1889

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

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