#5E1B95#5E1B95

#5E1B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.183 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B95
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 149)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.66, 51.18, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.66, 73.87, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.1011 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.183 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4316, 5.3335, 28.9078)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B95 #52951B

analogous

#211B95 #5E1B95 #951B8F

triadic

#5E1B95 #955E1B #1B955E

tetradic

#5E1B95 #95211B #52951B #1B8F95

square

#5E1B95 #95211B #52951B #1B8F95

split-complementary

#5E1B95 #8F951B #1B9521

monochromatic

#1D082D #3D1261 #5E1B95 #7F24C9 #9C4CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#5E1B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5E1B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B95

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B95	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.183 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9161b5',
    500: '#5e1b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b95;
$custom-light: #9161b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.951,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39984,
    "c": 0.18254,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B95

secondary

#80C14B

accent

#EC3C8B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B95

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

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