#5E197B#5E197B

#5E197B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.159 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E197B
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 46.02, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 61.56, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.1093 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.159 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5382, 4.5053, 19.1549)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E197B #367B19

analogous

#2D197B #5E197B #7B1967

triadic

#5E197B #7B5E19 #197B5E

tetradic

#5E197B #7B2D19 #367B19 #19677B

square

#5E197B #7B2D19 #367B19 #19677B

split-complementary

#5E197B #677B19 #197B2D

monochromatic

#130519 #370F48 #5E197B #8523AE #A838D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#5E197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5E197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E197B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E197B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.159 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5ea2',
    500: '#5e197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e197b;
$custom-light: #8f5ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.245,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37646,
    "c": 0.15909,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E197B

secondary

#61AF40

accent

#E93F71

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E197B

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

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