#5E1970#5E1970

#5E1970 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.149 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1970
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(288, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(288, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 43.67, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 56.08, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.111 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.149 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8879, 4.2452, 15.7300)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1970 #2B7019

analogous

#331970 #5E1970 #701957

triadic

#5E1970 #705E19 #19705E

tetradic

#5E1970 #703319 #2B7019 #195770

square

#5E1970 #703319 #2B7019 #195770

split-complementary

#5E1970 #577019 #197033

monochromatic

#150619 #340E3E #5E1970 #8824A2 #B032D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#5E1970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5E1970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1970

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1970	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.149 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5e9a',
    500: '#5e1970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1970;
$custom-light: #8f5e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36816,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1970

secondary

#55A540

accent

#E74163

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1970

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