#5E1B8A#5E1B8A

#5E1B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.172 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B8A
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 48.62, -47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 68.30, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.1042 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.172 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5945, 4.9987, 24.4992)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B8A #478A1B

analogous

#261B8A #5E1B8A #8A1B7F

triadic

#5E1B8A #8A5E1B #1B8A5E

tetradic

#5E1B8A #8A261B #478A1B #1B7F8A

square

#5E1B8A #8A261B #478A1B #1B7F8A

split-complementary

#5E1B8A #7F8A1B #1B8A26

monochromatic

#180724 #3B1157 #5E1B8A #8125BD #9F45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#5E1B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5E1B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B8A

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B8A	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.172 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060ad',
    500: '#5e1b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b8a;
$custom-light: #9060ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.216,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39042,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B8A

secondary

#74BC45

accent

#EA3E82

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B8A

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

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