#5E1C8B#5E1C8B

#5E1C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.172 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1C8B
RGB	rgb(94, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 48.47, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 68.39, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.1031 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.172 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6905, 5.0744, 24.8900)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1C8B #498B1C

analogous

#271C8B #5E1C8B #8B1C80

triadic

#5E1C8B #8B5E1C #1C8B5E

tetradic

#5E1C8B #8B271C #498B1C #1C808B

square

#5E1C8B #8B271C #498B1C #1C808B

split-complementary

#5E1C8B #808B1C #1C8B27

monochromatic

#190725 #3C1258 #5E1C8B #8026BE #9F47DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#5E1C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E1C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1C8B

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1C8B	1.00	10.42	2.01	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.172 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9161ae',
    500: '#5e1c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1c8b;
$custom-light: #9161ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39219,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1C8B

secondary

#76BC47

accent

#E93E84

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1C8B

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

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