#5E198D#5E198D

#5E198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.177 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E198D
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 50.04, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 70.63, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.105 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.177 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7704, 4.9981, 25.6442)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E198D #488D19

analogous

#24198D #5E198D #8D1982

triadic

#5E198D #8D5E19 #198D5E

tetradic

#5E198D #8D2419 #488D19 #19828D

square

#5E198D #8D2419 #488D19 #19828D

split-complementary

#5E198D #828D19 #198D24

monochromatic

#190725 #3B1059 #5E198D #8122C1 #9F43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#5E198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5E198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E198D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E198D	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.177 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915faf',
    500: '#5e198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e198d;
$custom-light: #915faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.69,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3912,
    "c": 0.17653,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E198D

secondary

#75BF43

accent

#ED3B83

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E198D

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

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