#5E1B85#5E1B85

#5E1B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.167 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B85
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 47.48, -45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 65.77, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.1054 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.167 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2408, 4.8572, 22.6365)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B85 #42851B

analogous

#291B85 #5E1B85 #851B77

triadic

#5E1B85 #855E1B #1B855E

tetradic

#5E1B85 #85291B #42851B #1B7785

square

#5E1B85 #85291B #42851B #1B7785

split-complementary

#5E1B85 #77851B #1B8529

monochromatic

#16061F #3A1152 #5E1B85 #8225B8 #A142D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#5E1B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E1B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B85

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B85	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.167 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060a9',
    500: '#5e1b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b85;
$custom-light: #9060a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.925,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3863,
    "c": 0.16671,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B85

secondary

#6EB844

accent

#E93F7D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B85

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