#5E1978#5E1978

#5E1978 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.156 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1978
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 45.37, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 60.06, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.1098 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.156 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3533, 4.4313, 18.1810)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1978 #337819

analogous

#2E1978 #5E1978 #781962

triadic

#5E1978 #785E19 #19785E

tetradic

#5E1978 #782E19 #337819 #196278

square

#5E1978 #782E19 #337819 #196278

split-complementary

#5E1978 #627819 #19782E

monochromatic

#140519 #360E45 #5E1978 #8624AB #AA36D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#5E1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5E1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1978

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1978	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.156 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5ea0',
    500: '#5e1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1978;
$custom-light: #8f5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.579,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37414,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1978

secondary

#5EAD40

accent

#E83F6E

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1978

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

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