#5E1C87#5E1C87

#5E1C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.168 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1C87
RGB	rgb(94, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 47.55, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 66.35, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.104 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.168 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4036, 4.9596, 23.3789)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1C87 #45871C

analogous

#281C87 #5E1C87 #871C7B

triadic

#5E1C87 #875E1C #1C875E

tetradic

#5E1C87 #87281C #45871C #1C7B87

square

#5E1C87 #87281C #45871C #1C7B87

split-complementary

#5E1C87 #7B871C #1C8728

monochromatic

#170722 #3B1154 #5E1C87 #8127BA #A045D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#5E1C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5E1C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1C87

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1C87	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.168 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060ab',
    500: '#5e1c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1c87;
$custom-light: #9060ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.009,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38888,
    "c": 0.16762,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1C87

secondary

#72BA45

accent

#E93F80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1C87

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

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