#5E188A#5E188A

#5E188A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.175 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E188A
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 82.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 49.71, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 69.51, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.1066 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.175 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5292, 4.8681, 24.4775)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E188A #448A18

analogous

#25188A #5E188A #8A187D

triadic

#5E188A #8A5E18 #188A5E

tetradic

#5E188A #8A2518 #448A18 #187D8A

square

#5E188A #8A2518 #448A18 #187D8A

split-complementary

#5E188A #7D8A18 #188A25

monochromatic

#170622 #3A0F56 #5E188A #8221BE #A03FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#5E188A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E188A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E188A

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E188A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E188A	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e188a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.175 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fad',
    500: '#5e188a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e188a;
$custom-light: #915fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e188a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3878,
    "c": 0.17455,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E188A

secondary

#71BD40

accent

#ED3B80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E188A

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

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