#5E1979#5E1979

#5E1979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.157 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1979
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 45.58, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 60.56, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.1096 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.157 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4143, 4.4557, 18.5023)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1979 #347919

analogous

#2E1979 #5E1979 #791964

triadic

#5E1979 #795E19 #19795E

tetradic

#5E1979 #792E19 #347919 #196479

square

#5E1979 #792E19 #347919 #196479

split-complementary

#5E1979 #647919 #19792E

monochromatic

#140519 #370F46 #5E1979 #8523AC #A937D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#5E1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5E1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1979

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1979	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.157 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5ea0',
    500: '#5e1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1979;
$custom-light: #8f5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37491,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1979

secondary

#5FAE40

accent

#E93F6F

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1979

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

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