#5E1C8E#5E1C8E

#5E1C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.175 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1C8E
RGB	rgb(94, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 49.17, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 69.91, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.1023 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.175 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9127, 5.1633, 26.0603)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1C8E #4C8E1C

analogous

#251C8E #5E1C8E #8E1C85

triadic

#5E1C8E #8E5E1C #1C8E5E

tetradic

#5E1C8E #8E251C #4C8E1C #1C858E

square

#5E1C8E #8E251C #4C8E1C #1C858E

split-complementary

#5E1C8E #858E1C #1C8E25

monochromatic

#1A0828 #3C125B #5E1C8E #8026C1 #9E49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#5E1C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5E1C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1C8E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1C8E	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.175 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9161b0',
    500: '#5e1c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1c8e;
$custom-light: #9161b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39471,
    "c": 0.17461,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1C8E

secondary

#7ABD49

accent

#EA3E86

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1C8E

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

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