#5E1B97#5E1B97

#5E1B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.185 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B97
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 51.65, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 74.87, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.1005 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.185 303)
XYZ	xyz(10.5926, 5.3979, 29.7560)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B97 #54971B

analogous

#201B97 #5E1B97 #971B92

triadic

#5E1B97 #975E1B #1B975E

tetradic

#5E1B97 #97201B #54971B #1B9297

square

#5E1B97 #97201B #54971B #1B9297

split-complementary

#5E1B97 #92971B #1B9720

monochromatic

#1D082F #3E1263 #5E1B97 #7E24CB #9C4DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#5E1B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5E1B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B97

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B97	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.185 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261b7',
    500: '#5e1b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b97;
$custom-light: #9261b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.419,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4016,
    "c": 0.18452,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B97

secondary

#82C14C

accent

#EC3B8D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B97

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

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