#5E1E81#5E1E81

#5E1E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.159 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1E81
RGB	rgb(94, 30, 129)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 45.37, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 62.39, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.1033 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.159 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0420, 4.8934, 21.2328)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1E81 #41811E

analogous

#2C1E81 #5E1E81 #811E72

triadic

#5E1E81 #815E1E #1E815E

tetradic

#5E1E81 #812C1E #41811E #1E7281

square

#5E1E81 #812C1E #41811E #1E7281

split-complementary

#5E1E81 #72811E #1E812C

monochromatic

#16071E #3A124F #5E1E81 #822AB3 #A246D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#5E1E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E1E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1E81

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1E81	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07407F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.159 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9061a6',
    500: '#5e1e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1e81;
$custom-light: #9061a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.788,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38605,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1E81

secondary

#6DB447

accent

#E5427C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1E81

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

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