#5E196B#5E196B

#5E196B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.144 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E196B
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(290, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 42.64, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 53.62, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.1115 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.144 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6173, 4.1369, 14.3043)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E196B #266B19

analogous

#35196B #5E196B #6B194F

triadic

#5E196B #6B5E19 #196B5E

tetradic

#5E196B #6B3519 #266B19 #194F6B

square

#5E196B #6B3519 #266B19 #194F6B

split-complementary

#5E196B #4F6B19 #196B35

monochromatic

#160619 #320D39 #5E196B #8A259D #B530CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#5E196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5E196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E196B

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E196B	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.144 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5e96',
    500: '#5e196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e196b;
$custom-light: #8f5e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.488,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36459,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E196B

secondary

#4FA13F

accent

#E5435C

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E196B

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

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