#5E195E#5E195E

#5E195E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.132 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E195E
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 40.10, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 47.43, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.1118 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.132 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9840, 3.8836, 10.9693)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E195E #195E19

analogous

#3B195E #5E195E #5E193B

triadic

#5E195E #5E5E19 #195E5E

tetradic

#5E195E #5E3B19 #195E19 #193B5E

square

#5E195E #5E3B19 #195E19 #193B5E

split-complementary

#5E195E #3B5E19 #195E3B

monochromatic

#180618 #2E0C2E #5E195E #8E268E #BF33BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#5E195E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E195E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E195E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E195E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E195E	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e195e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.132 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5d8c',
    500: '#5e195e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e195e;
$custom-light: #8e5d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e195e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35591,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E195E

secondary

#3F943F

accent

#E14747

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E195E

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

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