#5E196D#5E196D

#5E196D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.146 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E196D
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 43.05, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 54.60, 322.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.1113 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.146 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7237, 4.1795, 14.8649)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E196D #286D19

analogous

#34196D #5E196D #6D1952

triadic

#5E196D #6D5E19 #196D5E

tetradic

#5E196D #6D3419 #286D19 #19526D

square

#5E196D #6D3419 #286D19 #19526D

split-complementary

#5E196D #526D19 #196D34

monochromatic

#150619 #330E3B #5E196D #89249F #B331D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#5E196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5E196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E196D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E196D	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.146 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5e97',
    500: '#5e196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e196d;
$custom-light: #8f5e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.366,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E196D

secondary

#51A23F

accent

#E6425F

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E196D

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