#5E1B8E#5E1B8E

#5E1B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.176 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B8E
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 49.55, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 70.33, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% 0.1031 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.176 306)
XYZ	xyz(9.8894, 5.1166, 26.0526)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B8E #4B8E1B

analogous

#251B8E #5E1B8E #8E1B84

triadic

#5E1B8E #8E5E1B #1B8E5E

tetradic

#5E1B8E #8E251B #4B8E1B #1B848E

square

#5E1B8E #8E251B #4B8E1B #1B848E

split-complementary

#5E1B8E #848E1B #1B8E25

monochromatic

#1A0727 #3C115B #5E1B8E #8025C1 #9E47DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#5E1B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5E1B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B8E

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B8E	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.176 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160b0',
    500: '#5e1b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b8e;
$custom-light: #9160b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.957,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3938,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.05117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B8E

secondary

#79BE47

accent

#EB3D86

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B8E

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

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