#5E1B59#5E1B59

#5E1B59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.125 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B59
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 89)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 38.33, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 44.21, 330.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.1092 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.125 331)
XYZ	xyz(6.8112, 3.8853, 9.8405)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B59 #1B5E20

analogous

#411B5E #5E1B59 #5E1B37

triadic

#5E1B59 #595E1B #1B595E

tetradic

#5E1B59 #5E411B #1B5E20 #1B375E

square

#5E1B59 #5E411B #1B5E20 #1B375E

split-complementary

#5E1B59 #375E1B #1B5E41

monochromatic

#180717 #2E0D2C #5E1B59 #8E2986 #BD36B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#5E1B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5E1B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B59

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B59	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16325B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#622237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.125 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5e88',
    500: '#5e1b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b59;
$custom-light: #8e5e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.478,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35501,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.03885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B59

secondary

#419447

accent

#DF5449

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0D050B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B59

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

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