#5E198B#5E198B

#5E198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.175 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E198B
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 49.59, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 69.62, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.1056 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.175 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6229, 4.9391, 24.8675)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E198B #468B19

analogous

#25198B #5E198B #8B197F

triadic

#5E198B #8B5E19 #198B5E

tetradic

#5E198B #8B2519 #468B19 #197F8B

square

#5E198B #8B2519 #468B19 #197F8B

split-complementary

#5E198B #7F8B19 #198B25

monochromatic

#180623 #3B1057 #5E198B #8122BF #A041DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#5E198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5E198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E198B

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E198B	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.175 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fae',
    500: '#5e198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e198b;
$custom-light: #915fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38949,
    "c": 0.17458,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E198B

secondary

#73BE42

accent

#EC3B81

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E198B

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

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