#5E1B86#5E1B86

#5E1B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.168 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B86
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 47.71, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 66.28, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.1051 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.168 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3102, 4.8849, 23.0021)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B86 #43861B

analogous

#291B86 #5E1B86 #861B79

triadic

#5E1B86 #865E1B #1B865E

tetradic

#5E1B86 #86291B #43861B #1B7986

square

#5E1B86 #86291B #43861B #1B7986

split-complementary

#5E1B86 #79861B #1B8629

monochromatic

#170620 #3A1153 #5E1B86 #8225B9 #A142D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#5E1B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E1B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B86

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B86	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.168 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060aa',
    500: '#5e1b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b86;
$custom-light: #9060aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.57,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38712,
    "c": 0.16769,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B86

secondary

#70B944

accent

#E93E7E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B86

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

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