#5E1C71#5E1C71

#5E1C71 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.146 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1C71
RGB	rgb(94, 28, 113)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 42.67, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 55.20, 320.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.1077 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.146 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0116, 4.4028, 16.0474)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1C71 #2F711C

analogous

#331C71 #5E1C71 #711C5A

triadic

#5E1C71 #715E1C #1C715E

tetradic

#5E1C71 #71331C #2F711C #1C5A71

square

#5E1C71 #71331C #2F711C #1C5A71

split-complementary

#5E1C71 #5A711C #1C7133

monochromatic

#140619 #351040 #5E1C71 #8728A2 #AD39CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#5E1C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5E1C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1C71

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1C71	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 28, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.146 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f9a',
    500: '#5e1c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1c71;
$custom-light: #8f5f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.588,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37191,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1C71

secondary

#59A643

accent

#E34468

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1C71

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

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