#5E188B#5E188B

#5E188B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.176 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E188B
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 49.94, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 70.01, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.1064 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.176 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6019, 4.8972, 24.8605)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E188B #458B18

analogous

#25188B #5E188B #8B187F

triadic

#5E188B #8B5E18 #188B5E

tetradic

#5E188B #8B2518 #458B18 #187F8B

square

#5E188B #8B2518 #458B18 #187F8B

split-complementary

#5E188B #7F8B18 #188B25

monochromatic

#170623 #3B0F57 #5E188B #8121BF #A03FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#5E188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E188B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E188B	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.176 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fae',
    500: '#5e188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e188b;
$custom-light: #915fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38865,
    "c": 0.17552,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E188B

secondary

#72BE40

accent

#ED3A80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E188B

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

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