#5E1C81#5E1C81

#5E1C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.162 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1C81
RGB	rgb(94, 28, 129)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 46.18, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 63.30, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.1053 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.162 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9930, 4.7954, 21.2165)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1C81 #3F811C

analogous

#2B1C81 #5E1C81 #811C71

triadic

#5E1C81 #815E1C #1C815E

tetradic

#5E1C81 #812B1C #3F811C #1C7181

square

#5E1C81 #812B1C #3F811C #1C7181

split-complementary

#5E1C81 #71811C #1C812B

monochromatic

#15061C #39114F #5E1C81 #8327B3 #A242D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5E1C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E1C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1C81

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1C81	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 28, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.162 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060a6',
    500: '#5e1c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1c81;
$custom-light: #9060a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.208,
    "s": 64.331,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38404,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1C81

secondary

#6BB444

accent

#E7407A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1C81

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

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