#5E196E#5E196E

#5E196E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.147 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E196E
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 43.26, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 55.09, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.1112 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.147 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7778, 4.2011, 15.1500)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E196E #296E19

analogous

#34196E #5E196E #6E1954

triadic

#5E196E #6E5E19 #196E5E

tetradic

#5E196E #6E3419 #296E19 #19546E

square

#5E196E #6E3419 #296E19 #19546E

split-complementary

#5E196E #546E19 #196E34

monochromatic

#150619 #330E3C #5E196E #8924A0 #B231D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#5E196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5E196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E196E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E196E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.147 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5e98',
    500: '#5e196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e196e;
$custom-light: #8f5e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.706,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36672,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E196E

secondary

#52A33F

accent

#E64261

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E196E

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