#5E188E#5E188E

#5E188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.178 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E188E
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 50.62, -50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 71.52, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.1055 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.178 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8241, 4.9860, 26.0308)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E188E #488E18

analogous

#23188E #5E188E #8E1883

triadic

#5E188E #8E5E18 #188E5E

tetradic

#5E188E #8E2318 #488E18 #18838E

square

#5E188E #8E2318 #488E18 #18838E

split-complementary

#5E188E #838E18 #188E23

monochromatic

#190625 #3B0F5A #5E188E #8121C2 #9F41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#5E188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5E188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E188E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E188E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.178 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fb0',
    500: '#5e188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e188e;
$custom-light: #915fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.593,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39122,
    "c": 0.17841,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E188E

secondary

#75C042

accent

#EE3A83

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E188E

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

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