#5E1972#5E1972

#5E1972 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.150 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1972
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 44.09, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 57.07, 320.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.1107 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.15 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0005, 4.2902, 16.3230)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1972 #2D7219

analogous

#321972 #5E1972 #72195A

triadic

#5E1972 #725E19 #19725E

tetradic

#5E1972 #723219 #2D7219 #195A72

square

#5E1972 #723219 #2D7219 #195A72

split-complementary

#5E1972 #5A7219 #197232

monochromatic

#150619 #350E40 #5E1972 #8724A4 #AF33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#5E1972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5E1972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1972

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1972	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.150 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5e9b',
    500: '#5e1972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1972;
$custom-light: #8f5e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.517,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36963,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1972

secondary

#57A740

accent

#E74166

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1972

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

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