#5E1A72#5E1A72

#5E1A72 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.149 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1A72
RGB	rgb(94, 26, 114)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 77.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 43.70, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 56.63, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.1097 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.149 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0223, 4.3337, 16.3302)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1A72 #2E721A

analogous

#321A72 #5E1A72 #721A5A

triadic

#5E1A72 #725E1A #1A725E

tetradic

#5E1A72 #72321A #2E721A #1A5A72

square

#5E1A72 #72321A #2E721A #1A5A72

split-complementary

#5E1A72 #5A721A #1A7232

monochromatic

#150619 #350F40 #5E1A72 #8725A4 #AE35D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#5E1A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5E1A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1A72

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1A72	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 26, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.149 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5e9b',
    500: '#5e1a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1a72;
$custom-light: #8f5e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3706,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1A72

secondary

#58A741

accent

#E64267

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1A72

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

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