#5E1E72#5E1E72

#5E1E72 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.144 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E72
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 42.03, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 54.74, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.1054 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.144 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1172, 4.5235, 16.3619)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E72 #32721E

analogous

#341E72 #5E1E72 #721E5C

triadic

#5E1E72 #725E1E #1E725E

tetradic

#5E1E72 #72341E #32721E #1E5C72

square

#5E1E72 #72341E #32721E #1E5C72

split-complementary

#5E1E72 #5C721E #1E7234

monochromatic

#140618 #361142 #5E1E72 #862BA2 #AA3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#5E1E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5E1E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E72

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E72	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.144 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f609b',
    500: '#5e1e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e72;
$custom-light: #8f609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37477,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E72

secondary

#5DA646

accent

#E2466B

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E72

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