#5E197D#5E197D

#5E197D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.161 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E197D
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.43, 46.45, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.43, 62.57, 317.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.1089 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.161 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6647, 4.5559, 19.8210)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E197D #387D19

analogous

#2C197D #5E197D #7D196A

triadic

#5E197D #7D5E19 #197D5E

tetradic

#5E197D #7D2C19 #387D19 #196A7D

square

#5E197D #7D2C19 #387D19 #196A7D

split-complementary

#5E197D #6A7D19 #197D2C

monochromatic

#13051A #380F4A #5E197D #8423B0 #A639D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#5E197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5E197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E197D

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E197D	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.161 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905ea3',
    500: '#5e197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e197d;
$custom-light: #905ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.4,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37803,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E197D

secondary

#63B140

accent

#EA3E73

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E197D

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

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