#5E1B72#5E1B72

#5E1B72 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.148 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B72
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 114)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 43.30, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 56.17, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.1087 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.148 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0448, 4.3788, 16.3378)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B72 #2F721B

analogous

#331B72 #5E1B72 #721B5A

triadic

#5E1B72 #725E1B #1B725E

tetradic

#5E1B72 #72331B #2F721B #1B5A72

square

#5E1B72 #72331B #2F721B #1B5A72

split-complementary

#5E1B72 #5A721B #1B7233

monochromatic

#140619 #350F41 #5E1B72 #8727A3 #AD38D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#5E1B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5E1B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B72

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B72	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.148 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f9b',
    500: '#5e1b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b72;
$custom-light: #8f5f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.207,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3716,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B72

secondary

#59A742

accent

#E54368

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B72

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

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