#5E1B71#5E1B71

#5E1B71 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.147 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B71
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 113)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 76.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 43.09, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 55.67, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.1088 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.147 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9882, 4.3562, 16.0396)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B71 #2E711B

analogous

#331B71 #5E1B71 #711B59

triadic

#5E1B71 #715E1B #1B715E

tetradic

#5E1B71 #71331B #2E711B #1B5971

square

#5E1B71 #71331B #2E711B #1B5971

split-complementary

#5E1B71 #59711B #1B7133

monochromatic

#150619 #350F40 #5E1B71 #8727A2 #AE37CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#5E1B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5E1B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B71

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B71	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.147 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f9a',
    500: '#5e1b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b71;
$custom-light: #8f5f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.744,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37087,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B71

secondary

#58A642

accent

#E54367

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B71

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

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