#5E196C#5E196C

#5E196C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.145 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E196C
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(290, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 42.85, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 54.11, 322.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.1114 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.145 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6702, 4.1580, 14.5830)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E196C #276C19

analogous

#34196C #5E196C #6C1950

triadic

#5E196C #6C5E19 #196C5E

tetradic

#5E196C #6C3419 #276C19 #19506C

square

#5E196C #6C3419 #276C19 #19506C

split-complementary

#5E196C #506C19 #196C34

monochromatic

#160619 #330D3A #5E196C #89259E #B430CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#5E196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5E196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E196C

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E196C	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.145 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5e96',
    500: '#5e196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e196c;
$custom-light: #8f5e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.88,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36529,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E196C

secondary

#50A13F

accent

#E5425E

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E196C

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