#5E198A#5E198A

#5E198A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.174 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E198A
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 49.36, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 69.12, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.1058 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.174 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5502, 4.9101, 24.4845)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E198A #458A19

analogous

#26198A #5E198A #8A197E

triadic

#5E198A #8A5E19 #198A5E

tetradic

#5E198A #8A2619 #458A19 #197E8A

square

#5E198A #8A2619 #458A19 #197E8A

split-complementary

#5E198A #7E8A19 #198A26

monochromatic

#170622 #3B1056 #5E198A #8122BE #A041DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5E198A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E198A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E198A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E198A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E198A	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e198a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.174 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fad',
    500: '#5e198a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e198a;
$custom-light: #915fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e198a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.637,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38865,
    "c": 0.17361,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E198A

secondary

#72BD42

accent

#EC3C80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E198A

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

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