#5E198E#5E198E

#5E198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.178 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E198E
RGB	rgb(94, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 50.27, -50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 71.13, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.1047 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.178 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8451, 5.0280, 26.0378)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E198E #498E19

analogous

#24198E #5E198E #8E1983

triadic

#5E198E #8E5E19 #198E5E

tetradic

#5E198E #8E2419 #498E19 #19838E

square

#5E198E #8E2419 #498E19 #19838E

split-complementary

#5E198E #838E19 #198E24

monochromatic

#190726 #3C105A #5E198E #8022C2 #9F43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#5E198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E198E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E198E	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.178 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fb0',
    500: '#5e198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e198e;
$custom-light: #915fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39205,
    "c": 0.17751,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E198E

secondary

#76BF44

accent

#ED3B84

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E198E

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

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