#5E1B8D#5E1B8D

#5E1B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.175 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B8D
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 49.32, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 69.82, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.1034 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.175 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8147, 5.0867, 25.6589)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B8D #4A8D1B

analogous

#251B8D #5E1B8D #8D1B83

triadic

#5E1B8D #8D5E1B #1B8D5E

tetradic

#5E1B8D #8D251B #4A8D1B #1B838D

square

#5E1B8D #8D251B #4A8D1B #1B838D

split-complementary

#5E1B8D #838D1B #1B8D25

monochromatic

#1A0726 #3C115A #5E1B8D #8025C0 #9E47DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#5E1B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5E1B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B8D

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B8D	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.175 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160af',
    500: '#5e1b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b8d;
$custom-light: #9160af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.263,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39295,
    "c": 0.1746,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B8D

secondary

#77BD46

accent

#EB3D85

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B8D

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

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