#5E1B8B#5E1B8B

#5E1B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.173 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B8B
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 48.85, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 68.81, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.1039 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.173 307)
XYZ	xyz(9.6672, 5.0277, 24.8823)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B8B #488B1B

analogous

#261B8B #5E1B8B #8B1B80

triadic

#5E1B8B #8B5E1B #1B8B5E

tetradic

#5E1B8B #8B261B #488B1B #1B808B

square

#5E1B8B #8B261B #488B1B #1B808B

split-complementary

#5E1B8B #808B1B #1B8B26

monochromatic

#190725 #3B1158 #5E1B8B #8125BE #9F45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#5E1B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E1B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B8B

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B8B	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.173 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160ae',
    500: '#5e1b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b8b;
$custom-light: #9160ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.893,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39126,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.05028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B8B

secondary

#75BC45

accent

#EA3D83

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B8B

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

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