#5E1B81#5E1B81

#5E1B81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.163 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B81
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 129)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 79.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 46.58, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 63.74, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.1062 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.163 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9697, 4.7487, 21.2087)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B81 #3E811B

analogous

#2B1B81 #5E1B81 #811B71

triadic

#5E1B81 #815E1B #1B815E

tetradic

#5E1B81 #812B1B #3E811B #1B7181

square

#5E1B81 #812B1B #3E811B #1B7181

split-complementary

#5E1B81 #71811B #1B812B

monochromatic

#14061C #39104E #5E1B81 #8326B4 #A33FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#5E1B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E1B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B81

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B81	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.163 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060a6',
    500: '#5e1b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b81;
$custom-light: #9060a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.412,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38307,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B81

secondary

#6AB543

accent

#E83F79

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B81

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

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